The Classical period

What centuries does the Classical period belong to?

• V - VI

• XVIII - XIX

• I - II

• III - IV

The French Revolution occurred during the Classical period

• True

• False

Profane music means…

• Non-religious music

• Classical clothing

• An instrument

• A dance

During Classical period composers…

• stopped composing music

• created new musical forms and investigated new styles

• didn’t do anything new

• made ipads

What is the conductor of an orchestra?

• the dancer (el bailarín)

• the soloist (el instrumento solista)

• the music sheet (la partitura)

• a music director or chief conductor (el director de la orquesta)

In the Classical Period, musicians developed a new musical form called “Sonata”

• True

• False

Orchestra is…

• A vocal singing

• A group of instrumentalists playing classical music

• A type of hat

• A soloist

Chamber music is...

• instrumental music played as a small ensemble, the most important form being the string quartet

• a type of shoes

• the name of a city

• a type of food

Instrumental music is a musical composition without lyrics or singing.

Write true or false

(a)  

Haydn and Mozart were…

• Classic clothing

• two types of hat

• Austrian composers from the Classical period

• two famous songs