Classical Era - Review

The Symphony Orchestra as we know today was created and developed during the Classical Era

First composer to write for String Quartet

The classical era in music history is represented by these dates:

Who composed the famous opera The Magic Flute?

This is the theme from what famous Classical work? hint: this is a string chamber ensemble

First Symphony to ever use Motifs

The genre known as Sonata is a multi-movement composition for a solo instrument or one instrument plus piano

What composer started losing his hearing at the age of 26?

Group of composers in Vienna in the Classical Era.

Which one is not a Classical period genre?

What is the nickname of this well-known piano sonata?

Three sections for Sonata Form - Hint: Used in all first movements for instrumental genres

Ensembles in the Classical Era were smaller in comparison to the Baroque Era.

What is the name of this famous Aria

A string quartet has the following instrumentation

Beethoven composed for harpsichord, NOT piano

Ludwig van Beethoven served as a transition from the Classical Era into the Romantic Era.

This instrument started to be used as a solo instrument during the Classical Era

First composer to create the standard Symphony orchestra

What composer wrote a Symphony with choir and vocal soloist for the first time?

J. Haydn's string quartet called The Emperor is NOT an example of Theme and Variations

Clarity, Proportions, and Simplicity are traits from the Classical Era

With Beethoven, dynamics became wider and sudden during the end of the Classical Era

Theme and Variations is:

This is the theme from which of Beethoven's Symphonies?

What was the name for comedic opera in the Classical Era?

Composer of Violin Concertos and Operas. Violin Virtuoso.

The String Quartet appeared for the first time during the Classical Era

This is Beethoven's 9th Symphony

What are the 3 trials (challenges) Tamino and Papageno have to go through in the opera?