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Metastasio
Born Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi; Italian poet and librettist -
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Hasse
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Farinelli
Farinelli was stage name of Italian castrato singer Carlo Maria Michelangelo Nicola Broschi -
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Galuppi
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Goldoni
Italian playwright and librettist -
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Richter
German-born British -
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Gluck
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Jommelli
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C. P. E. Bach
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Stamitz
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L. Mozart
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Rutini
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Burney
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Traetta
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Piccinni
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Sacchini
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Stylistic Traits
Emotional expression, polythematicism, humor, simple rhythms and melodies, homophony, polyphony, counterpoint, written dynamics, expressive markings, and rondo, sonata, and ternary forms -
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Genres
Opera, aria, dance, sonata, fanfare -
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F. J. Haydn
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Gossec
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J. C. Bach
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Vanhal
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Amalia
Anna Amalia of Prussia, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg -
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Schubart
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Paisello
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Grétry
Belgian-born; took on French nationality -
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Boccherini
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Billings
American -
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Cimarosa
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Ponte
Italian-born American librettist, poet, and Roman Catholic priest -
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Salieri
Italian -
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Reichardt
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Invention/Publication of First English Dictionary
Samuel Johnson published first English language dictionary after nine years of writing -
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Kraus
German -
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W. A. Mozart
German -
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Seven Years' War
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Zelter
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Zumsteeg
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Süssmayr
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Invention of Electric Battery
Invented by Alessandro Volta