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Couperin
French composer who wrote in Rococo style -
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Rameau
French composer and theorist; began modern ideas of music theory -
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Pieta
Successful female violinist -
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Metastasio
Court poet in Vienna; most important author of librettos in 18th cen -
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Hasse
German composer of Italian operas; 1730s-1760s most admired composer of Opera Seria -
18th Cen. Forms
Rondo, Minuet and Trio, Rounded Binary, Scherzo,
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Piano Invented
Pianoforte invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence; first pattened piano was London 1777 -
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Sammartini
Galant Italian composer; inventor of symphony -
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Farinelli
Famous castrati in 18th cen -
Comic Opera
More popular, comedic form of opera that at first featured mainly slapstick comedy -
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Galuppi
Italian composer and instrumentalist, helped develop comic opera -
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Goldoni
Italian playwright/librettist, helped elevate opera buffa to art form -
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Richter
German composer, teacher, and singer who helped invent the string quartet -
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Benda
Bohemian violinist, teacher, composer -
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Caffarelli
Famous castrato -
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W.F. Bach
German composer and son of J.S. Bach -
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Alberti
Italian composer, singer, and harpsichordist; developed broken-chord bassline (Alberti Bass) -
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Holzbauer
Composer Mozart met in Mannheim -
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Frederick the Great
King of Prussia who greatly supported the arts and music; employed CPE Bach -
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Eszterházy
Haydn's employer -
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Jommelli
Italian composer who helped opera reforms; was respected by Mozart -
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Eldest son of J. S. Bach, wrote both Baroque and Classical styles; Empfindsamkeit style -
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Gluck
German opera-reform composer considered Baroque; new balance between music and drama -
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Wagenseil
Austrian composer who wrote in Baroque and galant styles -
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Stamitz
Galant, symphonic innovator in Mannheim; helped establish symphonic genre -
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Leopold Mozart
Composer and teacher; father of Wolfgang Mozart (the super famous one) -
Sonata Form
Extremely popular style; Exposition, Development; Recapitulation. All 1st movements of symphonies follow this format -
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Benda
Bohemian composer, helped compose church and stage music -
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Abel
German composer who he and J. C. Bach set up a famous series -
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Rutini
Italian teacher and composer; keyboard works are transitional from harpsichord to piano -
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Burney
Organist, composer, writer, and scholar who was a music historian -
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Anfossi
Naples opera composer -
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Piccinni
Italian composer; central to Italian and French opera from 1750-1800 -
Classical Music Traits
Singable melodies, symmetrical phrasing, easier harmonies, slow harmonic rhythms, and accompaniments figures -
Libretto/Libretti
The written story of opera that composers would set to music -
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Sacchini
Italian composer who was admired by Burney; serious operas most respected -
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Rococo Style
French word meaning "scroll" -
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Cannabich
Composer Mozart met in Mannheim -
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Haydn
Credited as primary mover w/in new classical style, master of String Quartets. Very popular -
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J. C. Bach
Song of J. S. Bach and friend/influence to Mozart; set concert series in London w/ Abel -
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Schobert
Influenced Mozart; simulated orchestra effects in Harpsichord writing -
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Vanhal
Czech composer and teacher; active in Vienna and important to instrumental music -
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Dittersdorf
Austrian composer and violinist part of Viennese school -
The Symphony
Three~Four movement long works, first movement usually a sonata. Very popular -
Theme and Variation
Style where a theme is presented then variations on the theme played after -
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Paisiello
Italian composer/teacher; opera composers -
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Billings
One of the first American composers who was self taught -
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Ponte
Famous librettist who Mozart worked with -
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Cimarosa
Opera composer -
String Quartet
Very popular and prestigious chamber style of music; two violins, viola, and cello. Haydn excelled at composing it. Invented by Richter -
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Salieri
Italian composer/teacher; functioned as transitional figure from galant and classic end then also classic to romantic -
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Nannerl Mozart
Wolfgang's sister, considered better prodigy but chose to raise family instead. Wolfgang still sent all material to her to check -
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Reichhardt
German composer and writer -
Empfindsamkeit
Reaction against strict style of counterpoint; natural style. Composed by C.P.E. Bach -
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Soler
Spanish composer who wrote Italian opera -
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Viotti
Most important violinist after Tartini -
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Mozart
Austrian composer and child prodigy who wrote all genres and innovated opera; everything started to sound like him -
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Paradis
Successful female composer who was blind -
Concerto
Genre that was usually solo piano or solo instrument and piano
Fast, slow, faster with cadenzas -
Opera Buffa
Evolved from Comic Operas, featuring more realistic characters and serious topics -
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Industrial Revolution
Mass production babyy -
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Weidinger
Invented the keyed trumpet and first performed Haydn's trumpet concerto in E-flat major -
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American Revolution
We hate the British and current politics -
Chamber Sonatas
Composed for solo instrument or solo instrument and piano; harpsichord diminished in popularity once piano emerged -
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French Revolution
So many beheadings -
Keyed Trumpet invented
Invented bt Weidinger for Haydn's trumpet concerto in E-flat Major; was outshown a few years later by valve trumpet -
Valved trumpet invented