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Metastasio
court poet in VIenna, most important author of librettos for the 18th century -
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Hasse
German composer of Italian opera -
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Farinelli
one of the most famous castrati in the 18th century, trained by Porpora -
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Galuppi
Galant Italian composer instrumentalist; key in development of 18th century comic opera -
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Goldoni
Italian playwright and librettist, responsible for elevating opera buffa to an art form -
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Richter
german composer, singer, and teacher, innovator of the string quartet, one of the foremost manheim composers -
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Eszterhazy
haydn's patron and employer until 1970 -
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Jommelli
galant italian composer, important to reforms in the middle of the century -
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CPE Bach
eldest son of JS Bach, wrote in both baroque and classic styles -
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Gluck
german opera-reform composer, often considered baroque, jealous of mozart but who can blame him, created balance between music and drama -
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Stamitz
symphonic innovator in Mannheim, conductor, violinist, teacher, helped to establish the symphonic genre -
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Mozart
composer, violinist, teacher, theorist, father of wolfgang mozart -
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Rutini
Italian composer, teacher, and keyboardist; keyboard works represent a transition from works for harpsichord to works for piano -
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Burney
music historian, author, and organist who traveled europe and wrote about his observations -
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Traetta
italian composer and composer, important as an opera reform composer in the middle of the 18th century -
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Piccinni
Italian composer, a central figure in italian and french opera from 1750-1800 -
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Sacchini
italian composer, his serious operas were most respected -
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Haydn
primary austrian composer who served as innovator and mover within new classic style -
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Gossec
Netherlands composer active in France, central to parisian musical life an contributed to the development of french music -
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JC Bach
son of JS Bach, freind and influence to mozart -
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Vanhal
czech composer, active mostly in Vienna, important to instrumental music -
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Schubart
german composer, poet, keyboardist, and writer, burney praised his keyboard playing for its virtuosity -
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Classical Era Genres
Sonota, opera, aria, dance, fanfare -
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Classical Era Stylistic Traits
Emotional expression,
Polythematic.
Humor,
Simple melodies and rhythms,
Homophony, counterpoint, polyphony,
Sonata, rondo, ternary forms,
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Classical Era Invention
Piano,
Indoor plumbing -
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Paisiello
italian composer and teacher, one of the most successful and prolific opera composers of the late 18th century -
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Gretry
french composer, contributed especially to the development of french opera -
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Boccherini
italian composer and cellist -
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Billings
most prominent composer in the new america, singing teacher, not a strong composer -
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Cimarosa
Italian composer, a central figure in opera in late 18th century, extraordinarily successful -
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Ponte
Italian librettist and poet, collaborated with mozart, moved to the US -
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Antonio Salieri
Italian composer and teacher -
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Reichardt
german composer and writer -
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Mozart
child prodigy, wrote in all genres, best innovations were in opera, the epitome of classic style, one of the best musicians and composers of all time -
American Revolution