Unit 3 - Classical Period

Modern day hip hop has seen a huge push towards using strings to beef up the sounds of ____ in studio and live.

A revival of, or renewed interest in something is ________.

Concerts were no longer private for the rich, they were public, performed in _______.

What is a sonata?

Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven moved to Vienna due to the high number of ____ who lived in that part of the world.

The classical period was host to some of the most celebrated __________ of all time including Mozart and Beethoven.

What is the Viennese School?

What do you call instrumental music played by a small ensemble, a player per part, such as the important string quartet?

______ also becomes very popular in the classical period.

The most important instrumental form in the classical period was the _____.

Haydn composed ______ and was considered the father of the symphony.

The sonata is a ____

What are the Napoleonic Wars?

How did the Classical period last?

The ____ would also dominate the Classical period.

What is a keyboard instrument with horizontal strings that are plucked by points of quill, leather?

The string quartet is made up of two violins, one viola and one _____.

Beethoven was such a master of music that he continued to compose while unable to ____ any of his works.

Define virtuoso

Music mirrored the cultural and _________ taking place around the world.

Define Neoclassicism

During the Classical period, instrumental music becomes ____ than vocal music for the first time.

Polyphony was used sparingly and only for pleasing _____ lines rather than heavy ornamentation.

Define French Revolution

Compared to the Baroque period, Classical music was lighter, clearer and less _____.

Composers of the classical period produced more _____ than any other previous period in history.

Definition of Preliterate

Define monophonic

In the classical period, young composers rebelled at the baroque's heavy ___________ style.

Egypt unified several cultures around the _________.

The most significant instrument to come on the scene in the classical period was...

Historians believe that the discovery of _____________ came from humans using hammers and tools to construct and build.

The Classical period saw _____ bringing large numbers of exceptional musicians to the big cities of Europe....

The three biggest names in the classical period were...

Music was likely a long ____________ that we believe started somewhere in the plains of Africa

The classical period gets it's name from the European style of arts and architecture known as ____.

Mozart began formal lessons at age ____, composed his 1st symphony at 12, and 1st opera at 14.

Haydn's also known for helping create the ____ and helped develope the sonata form.

At an early age Beethoven became established as a piano _____.

Concertos featured a soloist with orchestra, usually with a _____ or solo passage portion in the music.