Review Words Often Confused

The classical style of music became known for _______lightness and simplicity.

Most reference works about music say or _________that Johann Sebastin Bach was the greatest.

The _______composers of the Classic period were Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.

Their genius produced_____string quartets, symphonies, and operas.

Bach's works were almost forgotten, but ____in the nineteenth century his reputation grew.

The piano________to prominence over the harpsichord and clavichord in the Classical period.

Bach __________other composers to create harpsichord concertos, a genre he invented.

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is longer by a significant ___________of  earlier music.

Bach's music_____________at a kind of intersection of the northern German style with Italian.

Popular music refers to the tunes the average person listens to ______

Bach's full body of work also _____church and secular work.

Operas _______became longer and more majestic during the Romantic Period.

Music historians have analyzed the relationships____popular genres.

Romantic Period operetta evolved into musical theater, which made _______to Shakespeare.