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Milanese composer (1700-1775) who was the first significant composer of concert symphonies.
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Neapolitan composer (1710-1736) whose sinfonias foreshadow Pre-Classic symphonies.
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German composer (1714-1788) and older son of JS Bach and proponent of Empfindsamer Stil. He worked at the court of Frederick the Great (Berlin) and then Hamburg.
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Austrian composer (1715-1777) who was employed by the court of Maria Theresa in Vienna and whose symphonies were widely published and distributed in Europe.
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Czech composer (1717-1757) who led the groundbreaking orchestra at the court of Mannheim.
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Pre-Classic composer form Salzburg who was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's father (1719-1787).
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Rococo is an architectural term borrowed to describe the transitional period in music that evolved between JS Bach and CPE Bach, roughly 1725-1775. This style features light ornamentation and experimentation with sonata form.
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Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729-1774) was Wagenseil's successor in Vienna.
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Student of Johann Stamitz who became his successor (orchestra director and composer) at Mannheim. (1731-1798)
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North German composer (1735-1782) who was a younger son of JS Bach and moved to London.
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Prolific Austrian symphony composer (1739-1799) who was crucial to the transition into the Classical Era.
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Due to economic restraints, Maria Theresa's patronage of the arts diminished during her reign. Support from nobility and upper middle class became more important--this is a microcosm of how arts would be supported everywhere.
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Between the Baroque and Classical eras, composers worked on the new style which was more homophonic, less religious, and featured sonata form.
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This was an aesthetic movement of the mid 18th century centered in Germany. Literary and musical works from this time emphasized feeling and sentiment rather than form.
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The Pre-Classic composers built up to this musical era centered in Vienna which featured Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and even Schubert
