(Baroque music)

"Canon in _ (a)   " is his most famous work and you can hear it to this day in countless wedding ceremonies. And yet, the respected organ teacher's influence stretches far beyond the chapel. His influence on Baroque music led to the success of many of these other composers.

(Baroque music)

He wrote over 500 concertos and is believed to have invented (a)   form in which a theme returns throughout the piece. Known as a virtuoso violinist and prolific composer, Vivaldi often held the title of Maestro de' Concerti (director of instrumental music) at Vienna's Ospedale della Pieta. Famous Works: The Four Seasons," "Gloria," "Con Alla Rustica in G".

(Baroque music)

He was born into one of the great music families. One of the best-known of all composers in classical music writing over (a)   compositions.

Popular Works: "Air on a G String," "Double Violin Concerto," "Brandenburg Concerto No. 3," "B Minor Mass," "The Unaccompanied Cello Suites"

(Baroque music)

He is credited with creating the English oratorio, the most famous among these was " (a)   ." He also specialized in operas and often took on the Italian style cantatas. Popular Works: "(The) Messiah," "Music for the Royal Fireworks," "Water Music"

This is an art music rooted in the tradition of Wester music. It includes both liturgical (religion) and secular music.

(a)  

(Classical Music)

As an Austrian composer, he was instrumental in the development of chamber of music such as piano trio and his contributions to musical form have earned him the epithets "Father of the ______" and "Father of the String Quartet". He was a friend and mentor of ____, a teacher of Beethoven.

(a)  

(Classical Music)

showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. He composed more than 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, chamber, operatic, and choral music.

Popular Works: "Req____", "The Magic Flute", "Symphony No. __", "The Marriage of Fi_____"

(a)  

(Classical Music)

His best- known compositions include 9 symphonies, 5 piano concertos, 1 violin concerto, 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets, his great Mass the Missa solemnis, and one opera, Fidelio. By the last decade of his life he was almost completely deaf.

(a)  

(Classical Music)

He was extremely prolific during his lifetime. His output consists of over ___ secular vocal works (mainly ______), seven complete symphonies, sacred music, operas, incidental music and a large body of chamber and piano music.

(a)  

Musicians during this time had the chance to express themselves freely, Music become an international language because it was easily understood and expressed.

(a)  

(Romantic Music)

came to be regarded as the first German " (a)   " opera. A brilliant pianist himself, composed four sonatas, two concertos and the Konzertstück in F minor (concert piece), which influenced composers such as Chopin, Liszt and Mendelssohn.

(Romantic Music)

A Virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era who wrote primarily for the ____ _____. His major piano works also include sonatas, mazurkas, waltzes, nocturnes, polonaises, études, impromptus, scherzos, and preludes, some published only after his death

(a)  

(Romantic Music)

He composed ___ songs, one of the songs he composed is "The First ____". He was regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic period.

(a)  

(Romantic Music)

He composed Hungarian rhapsodies. A (a)   is an instrumental composition that has no exact form. It makes use of themes that are lifted from folk music. It has two parts "Losson" or slow dance and "Fuska", the fast dance.

(Romantic Music)

Was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor. He was primarily known for his (a)   .