Classical Period History

Who was the great reformer of opera who tried to eliminate the excesses and made singers subsidiary to the plot?

Sister to Mozart (1751-1829)

Meaning sensitive style. Surprising turns in harmony, chromaticism, nervous rhythms, with speech-like melodies.

This composer published the first collection of music entirely composed in North America.

Chords broken up into simple repeated patterns.

Opera Seria was without comic scenes or characters

Basically owned Haydn

Imperial Court Library in Vienna. Wrote German texts for Haydn oratorios.

Type of music entertainment that goes back to a lighthearted dance like character.

Quarrel between a Italian opera troupe that had success in Paris and the natives of Paris

Child Prodigy. Wrote pretty much anything you could think of. Huge operatic composer (1756-91)

In a classic period concerto, what chord normally precedes the cadenza?

Two Binary Forms. Repeating the first after playing the second

Esterhazy family Kapellmeister. (1732-1809)

Wrote the Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments (1714-88)

A joking or fast paced piece in Minuet and Trio form.

Singing play. Opera with spoken dialogue, musical numbers, and a comic plot.

Binary form theme. Then alternates with other periods called episodes

The new woodwind instrument of the classic period is...

Exposition Development Recapitulation

Sought to require primary school for everyone during a time of growing public demand for music (1740-86)

Opera buffa drew its characters from what tradition?

Related to divertimento and serenade. Meant for a social function of entertainment with no specific structural features.

Songlike melodies, short phrases, not bound to the strict rules of counterpoint.

Breaking the melodic flow using resting points. The separate parts relate to each other creating unity.

Work for large instrumental ensemble in multiple movements; related to the divertimento

Moravians used modern styled music to embellish church services and to show mastery of European styles

How many affects would a typical movement in the baroque have? In the Classic Period?

A certain mood portrayed by the music until moved by some stimulus to a different mood

Baryton has how many strings?

Which orchestra introduced the techniques of pianissimo, fortissimo, and crescendo? Who was the conductor?

Moved to London. Composed Italian opera. Influence to Mozart (1735-82)