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serious with a few comic elements
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invented the "first" pianoforte in Florence
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French composer on the rococo style
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French composer
theorist
tried to establish a rational foundation for harmonic practice -
Court poet in Vienna
famous librettist -
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invented the symphony in Milan, Italy
originally it contained three movements, the 4th was added in the 1740s
standard classical symphony has 4 movements -
1700s
early comic operas mostly slapstick (1700-40s)
late comic operas used more realistic and serious topics (1750-60s) -
inventor of the string quartet
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important composer
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military victories
composed at least 100 sonatas and 4 symphonies -
composed in the Empfindsamkeit style (simple and expressive, natural feeling)
Bach's oldest son -
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Italian Opera composer
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made mass production possible
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Mozart's father
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the beginning of ideas of modern music theory
Jean-Philippe -
Organist, amateur composer, writer, and music scholar
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Famous Opera composer
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Founder of Opera Buffa
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- derives from the french word "rocaille"
- Ornate style
- over the top
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important composer
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one of the most original and inventive composers
over 750 works
was not allowed to sell his works at first, it all belonged to the court
composed many string quartets
"Salomon" or "London Symphonies" -
simulated orchestra effects with harpsichord writing
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used beautiful melodies and bits of chromatism
wrote Italian operas, church music, and orchestral works -
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very good Italian composer
wrote 94 operas -
one of the first american composers
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famous librettist with whom Mozart worked
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one of the most important chamber genres
four movements, following the general outline of a symphony
two violins, a viola, and a cello
all voices considered equal
no conductor -
one of the successful court composers in Vienna
composed many operas in Italian, German, and French -
dates are closer to 1730s-1810s (some even say 1825)
order
objectivity
symmetry
diatonic
singable melodies
regular rhythms and meters
Haydn
Mozart
Beethoven The FIrst Viennese School -
Mozart's older sister
often described with equal talent and skill
toured with Mozart during her childhood -
stated that music's main aims were to touch the heart and move the affections
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Child prodigy
Keyboard virtuoso
first job at the age of 16, for Archbishop
lived to the age of 35
made significant contributions to nearly all musical genres
music noted for lyrical melodic lines, colorful orchestration, dramatic content
adored plays
exceptional talent for imitation
we have about 1000 of his compositions
performed as a virtuoso pianist
taught piano lessons and composed on it for his students
Mozart only published 6 of his 27 concertos during his lifetime -
Excellent pianist and organist
remarkable musical memory
BLIND!!!!!!!!!!!
composed two concertos, a piano trio, songs, cantatas, operas, and other chamber music
Mozart composed his piano concerto in B-flat, K.456 (1784) for her
Salieri composed his only organ concert, in C, in her honor (1773) -
Mozart wrote three famous: Le Nozze di Figaro (1786)
Cosi Fan Tutte (1790)
Don Giovanni (1787) -
literature more dramatic and realistic
around the 1760s-1770s
foreshadowing of Romanticism -
Mozart composed arias and leading roles for her, including the Queen of the Night from the magic flute
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memorable melody
by Mozart -
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in London
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it is in his old apartment in Salzburg
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by Mozart
for his student
three movements
clear indication of sonata principles within the ritornello -
by Mozart
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Mozart's first mature opera Buffa
four acts
based on a play banned in France -
by Mozart
considered the best opera ever composed by Wagner, Rossini and Gounod -
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by Mozart
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by Mozart
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One of the Salomon Symphonies
used trumpet fanfares and Turkish percussion instruments
by Haydn -
the trumpet still had no valves, but Haydn's colleague, court trumpeter Anton Weidinger, developed an experimental trumpet with keys.
3. mov.
sonata rondo form -
Important Oratorio by Haydn
Haydn's final public moment was on its performance in 1808, in Vienna -
by Haydn
important Oratorio -
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on a performance of the oratorio "The Creation"
he was frail
greeted with honor
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