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Rameau was a French composer and theorist. He tried to establish a rational foundation for harmonic practice with his “Treatise on Harmony” (1722).
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Court poet in Vienna: primary librettist for opera seria in the late Baroque and Classic periods.
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Credited with invented the symphony in Milan, Italy.
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Richter was the inventor of the string quartet genre, which was a prestigious chamber music genre that appealed to aristocratic social life
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A great patronage of Prussian Arts, Frederick the Great was a gifted musician played flute. He composed at least 100 sonatas and 4 symphonies.
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Worked in Berlin for Frederick the Great (Frederick II) who reigned over the Kingdom of Prussia from 1740 to 1786.
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Organist, amature composer, writer, and music scholar .
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“Rococo” derives from the French word, “rocaille” meaning “scroll.”
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Haydn was credited as the primary mover within the new classic style concerning instrumental music but he did not invent the style.
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Haydn was a very important composer who worked for the Esterhazys for his whole life. Lead the esteemed orchestra for the Esterhazy court.
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A good Italian composer, Paisello spent time in Naples, St. Petersburg, and Paris, ending his career back in Naples.
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One of the first American composers, he was self taught.
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Antonio 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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Invented by Franz Xaver Richter.
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Sister to Mozart, she was a skilled composer and pianist in her own right.
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Mozart was and extremely important composer. He was child prodigy who toured Europe with his father, Leopold Mozart (1719-1787). Was influenced by other composers, but eventually his style became the dominant sound of the era.
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An excellent organist, she was renowned for her remarkable musical memory.
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The most widely used form in the 1770s and 80s for symphonic and chamber pieces.
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Considered the greatest opera every composed.
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