Classical Period Music

Between what eras did the Classical Era take place?

• 1600-1750

• 1750-1825

• 1825-1900

• 1900-present

Which of the following did NOT happen during the classical period?

• Orville Wright flies the first airplane

• The American Revolution

• Beethoven composed 9 symphonies

• Benjamin Franklin discovers electricity

Which of the following is NOT a Classical composer?

• Beethoven

• Mozart

• Haydn

• Gershwin

Who "discovered" electricity during the Classical Era?

• Mozart

• Haydn

• Franklin

• Washington

Who wrote theme and variations on "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star?"

• Mozart

• Beethoven

• Haydn

• Handel

What composer continued to write music even after he went deaf?

• Mozart

• Haydn

• Handel

• Beethoven

Mozart died at the age of...

• 56

• 35

• 78

• 62

Beethoven died at the age of...

• 56

• 35

• 92

• 35

What happened to Beethoven later in his life?

• he went blind

• he went deaf

• he couldn't speak

• he was sick

Which of the following IS a famous Classical composer?

• Mozart

• Bach

• Louis Prima

• Louis Armstrong