WESTERN CLASSICAL MUSIC

The most prominent composers of the classical period.

• Haydn

• Mozart

• Beethoven

He was named "father of the symphony" although he excelled in every music genre of the period.

• Haydn

• Mozart

• Beethoven

He began to go deaf in 1796 but this not become a hindrance.

• Haydn

• Mozart

• Beethoven

At age thirteen, he had written sonatas, concertos, symphonies, religious works, and operas and operettas.

• Haydn

• Mozart

• Beethoven

He composed wonderful concertos, symphonies and opera such as "the marriage of figaro" 1786, "don giovanni 1789 and "the magic flute" which became popular.

• Haydn

• Mozart

• Beethoven

The term for serous opera.

• opera

• comic opera

• opera buffa

• opera seria

The most important form that was developed during the classical era and usually the form of the first movement of sonata or symphony

• minuet

• sonata allegro

• rondo

• symphony

It repeats the themes as they first emerged in the opening exposition.

• exposition

• development

• recapitulation

• sonata

A musical composition designed to be played by the full orchestra.

• symphony

• sonata

• concerto

• cantata

The term for Italian Opera

• Opera

• Comic Opera

• Opera Buffa

• Opera Seria