Music History II Haydn & Mozart

Haydn had steady employment with the:

• Metastasio

• Esterhazy family

• Count Morzin

• Nicola Porpora

Haydn was considered the (CHOOSE MULTIPLE ANSWERS)

• Father of the Concerto

• Father of the Symphony

• Father of the Sonata

• Father of the String Quartet

Haydn's duties at the Esterhazy palace were to: (CHOOSE MULTIPLE ANSWERS)

• compose music

• conduct performances

• repair the instruments

• train singers & supervise musicians

Haydn's humor comes out in his String Quartet in E-Flat Major with:

• a sudden loud cymbal crash

• simulating a clock ticking

• unexpected pauses

• performers leaving the stage one by one

Mozart was considered a:

• child prodigy and genius

• famous librettist

• Romantic era composer

• composer who lived a long life

Mozart's opera Don Giovanni is a:

• Opera Buffa

• Opera Seria

• Singspiel

• Dramma Giocoso

Mozart's Jupiter symphony features:

• a piano only

• a slow final movement

• a fugue in the finale

• singers and the orchestra