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Anna Maria della Pieta
-Violinist at the Pieta where Vivaldi
-taught Became a teacher -
Piano created
-created by Bartolomeo Cristofori
-first patented version of a piano was in London in 1777
-difficult portion was creating a hammer return that would allow rapid repeating of notes
-color of the keys were reverse what they are now -
Period: to
Franz Xaver Richter
-Inventor of the string quartet -
Classical Period Begins
-Singable melodies
-Diatonic harmony
-Regular rhythms and meters
-Slow harmonic rhythms
-Homophonic textures
-Frequent inclusion of folk elements -
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Franz Joseph Haydn
-Very important figure in this period and in all of music
-Started in Vienna
-hired by Esterhazys after trying to make it on his own
-lived under this court for most of his life
-composed and lead the chapel, train and supervise music personnel
-Was not allowed to sell most of his music at first
-Over 750 works -
Period: to
Giovanni Paisiello
-Italian composer
-spent time in Naples, St. Petersburg, and Paris, ending his career back in Naples
-wrote 94 operas -
Period: to
Maddalena Lombardini
-Traveled and performed as a violinist
-Student of the great violinist Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770)
-Composed several violin concertos -
String Quartet Invented
-Created in the 1750s by Franz Richter
-Genre and a performing ensemble
-Consists of two violins, a viola, and a cello
-All of the voices are considered equal
-No conductor -
Period: to
Maria Mozart
-Mozarts sister -
Period: to
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
-One of the most famous composers in world history
-began composing at a very early age
-First piece at 8 years old
-only lived to be 35
-virtuoso musician
-could play back a tune after hearing it only once -
Period: to
Maria Paradis
-Mozart wrote a piece for her
-Very good pianist
-blind -
Period: to
Ludwig Van Beethoven
-Another one of the most famous composers in history
-went deaf as he got older yet still wrote at a virtuosic level
-inspired by Mozart and Bach, started to lean towards the romantic era as he got older -
Haydn sells his music
-Haydn began to sell his music and got more freedom -
Classical Period Ends