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Court poet in Vienna; most important author of librettos for the 18th century; his libretti were set over 800 times in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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German composer of Italian opera; from the 1730s to the 1760s he was the most admired composer of opera seria in Italy and Germany; he was praised by most.
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One of the most famous castrati in the 18th century; trained by Porpora.
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Galant Italian composer, instrumentalist; key in the development of the 18th-century comic opera; Burney considered him the best composer of comic opera in Italy; worked in Venice, London, Milan and Vienna; collaborated with librettist Carlo Goldoni.
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Italian playwright and librettist; responsible for elevating opera buffa to an art form.
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German composer, teacher, and singer; the innovator of the string quartet; one of the foremost Mannheim composers.
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German opera-reform composer, often considered Baroque; created a new balance between music and drama; jealous of Mozart.
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Galant Italian composer; important to opera reforms in the middle of the century; considered one of the greatest composer of his day; respected by Mozart
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Galant; eldest son of J.S. Bach; wrote in both Baroque and classic styles; associated with "sentimental" style; worked for 30 years in Berlin for Frederick the Great.
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Haydn's patron and employer until 1790
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Galant, symphonic innovator in Mannheim; conductor, violinst, and teacher; he helped to establish the symphonic genre.
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Composer, violinist, teacher, theorist, and father of Wolfgang.
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Italian composer, teacher, and keyboardist; his keyboard works represent a transition from works for harpsichord to works for piano.
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Music historian, author, and organist who traveled Europe and wrote about his observations.
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Italian composer and teacher; important as an opera reform composer in the middle of the 18th century.
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Italian composer; he was a central figure in Italian and French opera from1750 to 1800; admired by Burney as one the four greatest composers in Italy with Sacchini, Jommelli, and Galuppi.
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Italian composer; admired by Bernie as one of the four greatest composers in Italy along with Jommelli, Galuppi, and Piccinni; his serious operas were most respected.
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A primary Austrian composer who served as an innovator and mover within the new classic style; teacher, keyboardist, and violinist.
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Netherlands composer active in France; he was central to Parisian musical life and contributed to the development of French music.
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Worked in Milan and London; son of J.S. Bach; friend and influence to Mozart; set up concert series in London with Abel.
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Czech composer and teacher; active mostly in Vienna; important to instrumental music.
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German composer, poet, keyboardist, and writer, Burney praised his keyboard playing for its virtuosity
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Piano
Indoor Plumbing -
Sonata, opera, aria, dance, fanfare
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Emotional expression,
Polythematic.
Humor,
Simple melodies and rhythms,
Homophony, counterpoint, polyphony,
Sonata, rondo, ternary forms,
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Italian composer and teacher, one of the most successful and prolific opera composers of the late 18th century.
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French composer contributed especially to the development of French opera
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Italian composer and cellist
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most prominent composer in the new America, singing teacher, not a strong composer
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Italian composer, a central figure in opera in late 18th century, extraordinarily successful
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Italian librettist and poet, collaborated with Mozart, moved to the US
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Italian composer and teacher
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German composer and writer
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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.
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