Classical Era Review

Question 1

How many symphonies, string quartets, instrumental quintets, etc. did Mozart write?

Accepted Answer

over 600

Question 2

When was the first piano created?

Accepted Answer

around 1700

Question 3

How did Beethoven support himself?

Accepted Answer

A combination of individual gifts and annual stipends

Question 4

What was the most important revolution of the 18th century?

Accepted Answer

American Revolution

Question 5

What inspired classical composers?

Accepted Answer

Heroic ideals

Question 6

When did Beethoven go completely deaf?

Accepted Answer

1814

Question 7

What are Mozart's mature compositions distinguished by?

Accepted Answer

Melodic beauty, formal elegance and richness of harmony

Question 8

What were Haydn's most famous works and in what city did he write most of them?

Accepted Answer

London Symphonies written in London

Question 9

What did the industrial revolution see?

Accepted Answer

the European Enlightenment

Question 10

What was the most popular form of opera in England?

Accepted Answer

Ballad opera

Question 11

What did the classical period see the rise of in operas?

Accepted Answer

Opera buffa and opera comique

Question 12

What was the 18th century host to?

Accepted Answer

Cultural and political revolutions

Question 13

What was Haydn's first public work?

Accepted Answer

The limping devil

Question 14

Who composed the most notable oratorios of the Classical period?

Accepted Answer

Haydn

Question 15

When did Beethoven's first piano trio appear?

Accepted Answer

1795

Question 16

When did Mozart compose his first opera?

Accepted Answer

14 years old

Question 17

What two eras does Beethoven's work bridge?

Accepted Answer

Classical and Romantic

Question 18

Who was the most important of operas reformers?

Accepted Answer

Chris Willibald von Gluck

Question 19

Where did the Classical period get its name?

Accepted Answer

Neoclassicsm

Question 20

At what age did Beethoven start to study piano, organ and viol?

Accepted Answer

8 years old

Question 21

What are Beethoven's most famous pieces?

Accepted Answer

Symphony 5, Fur Elise, Symphony 9 and Pastoral Symphony

Question 22

Where was much of the music of the classical period from?

Accepted Answer

Vienna, Austria

Question 23

What other instrumental development happened in the classical period?

Accepted Answer

Modern Orchestra

Question 24

Where did the first performance of the Messiah take place?

Accepted Answer

Trinity Church in New York

Question 25

What kind of protests broke out in America during this century?

Accepted Answer

Boston massacre and Boston tea party

Question 26

When did Mozart compose his first pieces?

Accepted Answer

14 years old

Question 27

Where was Beethoven born?

Accepted Answer

Bohn, Germany

Question 28

What were some of Haydn's most notable works?

Accepted Answer

Symphony 94 (Surprise) and London Symphony

Question 29

What courts did Mozart play for by the age of 8?

Accepted Answer

Louis XV and George III

Question 30

Beethoven was one of the first composers to use what kind of themes?

Accepted Answer

Interlocking melodic themes

Question 31

Where did Mozart die and how did he die?

Accepted Answer

Died in 1791 from rheumatic fever

Question 32

Who was Beethoven's first music teacher?

Accepted Answer

His father

Question 33

What did Haydn develop?

Accepted Answer

String quartet and sonata form

Question 34

Classical music was primarily what?

Accepted Answer

Instrumental

Question 35

Who likely performed the longer pieces of music?

Accepted Answer

Larger ensembles

Question 36

What was the new style in Germany called and what did it result in?

Accepted Answer

Emfindsamer Stil - Longer compositions

Question 37

What style of music in France bridged the Baroque and Classical era?

Accepted Answer

Gallant

Question 38

How was the neoclassical style different from the Baroque style?

Accepted Answer

Cleaner and clearer with a brighter contrast in colors

Question 39

Where did Haydn die and how old was he?

Accepted Answer

Died in Vienna at the age of 77

Question 40

What were Beethoven's early works based on?

Accepted Answer

Viennese classical tradition of Haydn and Mozart

Question 41

What was Beethoven attracted to?

Accepted Answer

Ideas of the enlightenment and grown romanticism

Question 42

What helped the increasing rate of musical development?

Accepted Answer

Increased travel and communication between cultures

Question 43

What are the 3 major periods that Beethoven's life can be divided into?

Accepted Answer

Early (1779-1802), middle (1803 - 1814) and late (1815-1827)

Question 44

What is Haydn's music known for?

Accepted Answer

Humor, perfection and cleanliness

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