Classical Music Review

The classical era in music is the period between

• 1750-1800

• 1700-1750

• 1600-1700

• 1750-1850

Who was the first composer to write concertos for the harpsichord?

• Mozart

• Bach

• Beethoven

• Gluck

Symphonies were not initially independent, they were originally part of

• Cantatas

• Orchestras

• Sonatas

• Operas

When ________ became ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, there were many changes to sacred music

• Gluck

• Mozart

• Joseph II

• Louis XIV

Which city thrived as a center for music because of its many nobles and aristocratic families?

• Florence

• Vienna

• Amsterdam

• Paris

Most concertos of the Classical era were in three movements following which pattern?

• Fast - Slow - Fast

• Fast - Fast - Slow

• Slow - Fast - Slow

• Slow - Slow - Fast

What was Mozart's final composition?

• Concerto no. 1

• Don Giovanni

• The Magic Flute

• Requiem

Who was not an important composer of the Classical Period?

• Mozart

• Haydn

• Gluck

• Monteverdi

Performers were expected to do what when performing?

• Play incredibly quiet

• Improvise

• Dance

• Write their own overture

Which composers stopped writing masses because of Joseph II?

• Mozart and Haydn

• Mozart and Gluck

• Haydn and Gluck

• Beethoven and Haydn