Classical

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    Pietro Metastasio

    A poet who wrote the text for operas. He was the most important author of librettos in the 18th century, with 27 heroic operas, 8 oratorios, serenatas, and poems.
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    Giovanni Battista Sammartini

    Italian composer and an introducer of new methods for symphony in the 1730s. He wrote symphonies, concertos, overtures, quartets, sonatas, stage works, and vocal works.
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    Farinelli (Carlo Broschi)

    A famous castrati in the 18th century.
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    Franz Xaver Richter

    A German composer who was involved in the Mannheim school. He wrote symphonies, concertos, sonatas, oratorios, masses, cantatas, motets, and was a big innovator of the string quartet.
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    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    The oldest son of J.S. Bach. He is known for the sentimental style and wrote both Baroque and classical styles. He wrote symphonies, keyboard works, sonatas, concertos, arias, songs, and theoretical work.
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    Prince Nikolaus J. Eszterházy

    A supporter and employer of Haydn until 1790.
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    Christoph Willibald Gluck

    German composer that is sometimes considered Baroque. He started a balance between music and drama in operas, ballets, vocal works, and a few sonatas.
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    Johann Stamitz

    A Mannheim composer, conductor, violinist, and teacher. He wrote 58 symphonies, concertos, chamber music, orchestral trios, and sacred vocal works.
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    Dr. Charles Burney

    Traveled Europe, writing about music history and memoirs. He was a historian, author, and organist.
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    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austrian composer who influenced the classical style greatly. He was a teacher, keyboardist, and violinist who wrote 106 symphonies, 83 string quartets, 20 operas, choral music, chamber music, and piano works.
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    Johann Christian Bach

    Another son of J.S. Bach. He was a friend of Mozart and wrote symphonies, operas, church music, keyboard works, and concertos.
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    Luigi Boccherini

    An Italian composer who wrote 91 string quartets and quintets, sonatas, sextets, octets, symphonies, choral music and arias.
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    William Billings

    A prominent composer in the New America who was also a singing teacher. He wrote Psalms, hymns, and other writings.
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    Domenico Cimarosa

    An Italian composer who wrote 65 operas, oratorios, masses, quartets, and keyboard works. He was an important person in opera and was very successful.
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    Lorenzo Da Ponte

    An Italian librettist and poet. He worked with Mozart and worked as a professor at Columbia College.
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    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    A German poet who was very influential in Romanticism.
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    Antonio Salieri

    An Italian composer who worked in the transitions between galant and classical, and classical and romantic. He wrote 46 operas, oratorios, masses, liturgical music, cantatas, canons, chamber music, arias, orchestral music, pedagogical works.

  • Encyclopedia

    The first encyclopedia is published. It was edited by Jean le Rond d'Alembert and Denis Diderot.

  • Lightning Rod

    Benjamin Franklin invents the Lightning Rod.

  • Liberty Bell

    The Liberty Bell was ordered from an English bell company to celebrate Pennsylvania's 50th anniversary.
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    Muzio Clementi

    Born Italian, but an English composer. He was a keyboardist, teacher, publisher, and piano manufacturer. He wrote sonatas, chamber music, symphonies, and pedagogical works.
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    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    An Austrian child prodigy who wrote in all genres. He was most inventive in opera and is the epitome of classical style today. He wrote operas, concertos, symphonies, sonatas, choral music, chamber music, and vocal works.
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    Industrial Revolution in England

  • Stamp Act

    Britain imposes the Stamp Act on the American colonies.

  • Boston Tea Party

    English tea is thrown into the harbor to protest a tax on tea.

  • Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence is approved by the Continental Congress.

  • The First Hot Air Balloon Flight

    Pilatre De Rozier launched the first hot air balloon called 'Aerostat Reveillon'. It was in the air for 15 minutes and then crashed into the ground.