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Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700-1775)
Sammartini invented symphony. -
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Charles Burney (1726-1814)
Burney was an organist, amateur composer, writer, and music scholar. -
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Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Haydn was one of the most original and inventive composers. He was hired by the Esterhazys in 1761. -
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Johann Schobert (1735-1767)
Schobert simulated orchestra effects in harpsichord writing. -
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J. C. Bach (1735-1782)
Bach's style used beautiful melodies and bits of chromaticism; he wrote Italian operas, church music, and orchestral works. He used contrasting themes in concertos and sonata-form movements. -
Invention of the Symphony (1740s)
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Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816)
Paisiello was a very good Italian composer. He wrote 94 operas and spent time in Naples, St. Petersburg, and Paris, ending his career back in Naples. -
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William Billings (1746-1800)
Billings was one of our first American composers. He was a tanner who taught himself to compose music. -
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Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)
Salieri was one of the successful court composers in Vienna; very popular and talented. He composed many operas in Italian, German, and French. -
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Maria Anna Mozart (Nannerl) (1751-1829)
Nannerl was Mozart's older sister: often described as equal in talent and skill. She toured with Mozart during her childhood. When she was twelve, Leopold Mozart said that she was one of the most skillful players in Europe. -
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Mozart was a child prodigy. He was taken on tours of Europe by his musician/teacher/violinist/author/father, Leopold Mozart with his sister. -
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Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759-1824)
Paradis was an excellent pianist and organist. She was renowned for her remarkable musical memory (60 concertos at a time). She was was also blind. -
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The Industrial Revolution (1760-1840)
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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Beethoven was a master of the Classical style and an important Viennese composer. He composed large-scale genres and chamber music. -
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The American Revolution (1775-1783)
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The French Revolution (1789-1799)