Classical Era Composers

Beethoven's family treated him fairly.

Bonus question: What is Mr. Church's favorite composer that we have talked about so far?

What is the theme of the Queen of the Night aria in Mozart's opera The Magic Flute?

Why did Mozart quit his first job?

At what age did Mozart write his first full length symphony?

What year did Beethoven go completely deaf?

What president was born the same year as Haydn?

What famous composer did Beethoven play for?

What famous French military leader did Haydn hide from in the war in Austria?

Where was Franz Joseph Haydn from?

What was stolen from Haydn's grave?

Mozart wrote the Overture to his famous opera Don Giovanni the day before it was performed.

The Baroque era focused on small details in music. What did the Classical era primarily focus on?

Why did Beethoven think that he was 2 years younger than he really was?

Bonus Question: Where did Mr. Church go to high school?

What did Beethoven often do when training at the age of 5?

How many florins a year did Mozart make?

At what age did Haydn move away from his family to get formal music training?

When was the Classical period of music?

How did Mozart die?

What was the name of the odd instrument Haydn wrote for frequently?

Bonus question: Mr. Church can do a backflip.

Haydn was kicked out of choir.

Where was Mozart born?

How many people attended Beethoven's funeral?

Which one of these symphonies was written by Haydn?

Where was Beethoven born?

Mozart was a freelance composer, meaning he worked for himself.

Which of these symphonies by Beethoven was the most popular?

What was Haydn's primary instrument as a kid?

What was the most frequently written for solo instrument in the Classical Period?

At what age did Haydn get into the best choir in Austria?

At what age did Mozart start writing his own music?

How many surviving siblings did Mozart have?

Haydn received commissions (paid requests for music) from America.