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Classical Era

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who's father was a master wheelwright?

a)

Haydn

b)

Mozart

2.

Who was employed by the wealthy Esterhazy Family?

a)

Haydn

b)

Mozart

3.

Who was considered a child genius?

a)

Hadyn

b)

Mozart

4.

Who was buried outside of the city in a third-class grave?

a)

Haydn

b)

Mozart

5.

Who had a brother who also became a famous composer?

a)

Haydn

b)

Mozart

6.

Who wrote "Cosi fan tutte"?

a)

Haydn

b)

Mozart

7.

Who wrote "The Creation"?

a)

Haydn

b)

Mozart

8.

Who wrote "Nelsonmesse (Lord Nelson Mass)"?

a)

Haydn

b)

Mozart

9.

Who wrote "The Magic Flute"?

a)

Haydn

b)

Mozart

10.

Who wrote "Missa Sancti Nicolai"?

a)

Haydn

b)

Mozart

11.

The two most outstanding choral composers of the Classical Era were?

(a)  

12.

The dates used in this site for the Classical Era are _____ to _____.

(a)  

13.

Who invented the glass harmonica?

(a)  

14.

Who was considered the outstanding American composer and harpsichordist? He also signed the Declaration of Independence.

(a)  

15.

Who was born in Philadelphia in 1737 and wrote the first American secular song, "My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free"?

(a)  

16.

At the age of eight, Haydn became a choirboy at the Cathedral of (a)   in Vienna, Austria.

17.

In 1761, Haydn was employed by the wealthy and powerful (a)   .

18.

The Esterhazy family lived most of the year in their country palace in (a)   , Germany.

19.

What were the two most famous oratorios Franz Joseph Haydn composed?

(a)  

20.

Mozart's only living sibling (sister) was nicknamed (a)   .

21.

At fourteen, Mozart appeared before the Pope, heard the Gregorio Allegri composition, "Miserere" for the first time, and copied it note for note. Because of this accomplishments, the Pope honored him with the (a)   .

22.

Mozart married Maria Constanze Weber and she gave birth to (a)   children during their nine years of marriage.

23.

What was the unfinished composition that Mozart was writing when he died?

(a)