Classical Test Review

What does the term "classical" mean?

Famous for his operas, Rossini did not write ___.

Which type of music did Beethoven not write?

What instrument replaced the harpsichord as the most popular keyboard instrument in the Classical Era?

A musician hired by a member of royalty is called a _____.

The ability to produce sounds from very soft to very loud is called?

Mozart did not complete his first composition until the age of 40.

Mozart was influenced by the music of _____.

Rossini was a composer of the Classical and Romantic Periods.

Rossini wrote both serious opera and comic opera.

Composing was very easy for Beethoven and he worked very rapidly.

The symphony grew out of what other popular musical form?

Mozart composed _____.

An extended work in several movements (often four) for orchestra is called?

Haydn's Symphony No. 4 is also known as _____.

At one point in his life, Mozart was a court musician?

Haydn met or taught many other composers, including _____.

How loud or soft a piece of music is played is called?

Beethoven spent most of his life in Austria.

Beethoven spent most of his life as a court musician?

The Listening Examples for Rossini is which movement of the William Tell Overture?

Mozart was influenced by the music of _____.

The Overture to 'The Marriage of Figaro' is from _____.

Another name for timpani is a kettle drum.

What instrument was invented by Benjamin Franklin?

In his final years, Beethoven was _____.

What was the most important new musical form of the Classical Era?

Beethoven was a composer of the Classical and Romantic Periods.

What was Rossini's most famous choral work?

After writing William Tell, Rossini only composed a few pieces of sacred music.

Mozart's music was widely performed and appreciated during his lifetime.

As a child, Haydn was a soloist in a _____.

Beethoven wrote ____.

A greatly talented child is called a _____.

Beethoven composed many sonatas.

During the last 10 years of his life, Haydn wrote a great deal of music.

A clavier is ____.

How fast or slow a piece of music is played is called?

What instrument did Beethoven not play?

Rossini was born in Italy and dies in France.

Haydn worked as _____.

Music written and played between 1750 and 1820 is called?

As a composer, Haydn was influenced by _____.