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Opera was invented
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Francois Couperin
He wrote in the Rococo style -
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Jean-Philippe Rameau
Tried to establish a rational foundation for harmonic practice -
comic operas
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Frederick the Great
Military Victories
Reorganization of prussian armies
played flute
composed 100 sonatas and 4 symphonies -
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
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Treatise on Harmony
the beginning of modern music theory -
Classical era develops in Italy
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Rococo Style
Rococo comes from a French word meing to scroll
Ornate style -
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Classical era
characteristics:
order
objectivity
symmetry
etqueete
restraint
harmonic proportion -
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Franz Joseph Hadyn
Credited primary mover in the new classical style -
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Franz Joseph Haydn
One of the most original and inventive composers -
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Johann Schobert
simulated orchestra effects in harpsichord writing -
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William Billings
One of the first american composers
Self-taught -
First String Quartet
Composed by Franz Xaver Richter -
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Antonio Salieri
Succesful composer in vienna court
composed many operas -
Empfindsamkeit
C. P. E. Bach's keyboard treatise -
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Mozart
A child Prodigy
Keyboard virtuoso, a good violinist and dancer -
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Industrial revolution
mass production -
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American Revolution
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Don Giovanni
Best opera ever composed -
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French Revolution