classical period: ch 10, 11

Question 1

Joseph Haydn

• years
• invented
• in what family and for how long
• ___ system
• composed what
• composed music for who

Answer 1

• 1732-1809
• the string quartet and piano trio
• Esterhazy for 30 years
• patronage
• 104 symphonies, 62 piano sonatas and 68 string quartets
• masses, operas and oratorios

Question 2

classical opera

• birth of what type of opera
• language
• component

Answer 2

• comic opera
• vernacualr language with spoken dialogues
• basso buffo (bass voice)

Question 3

Mozart operas

-3

Answer 3

1. The abduction from the seraglio- singspiel
2. The marriage of figaro-opera buffa
3. The magic flute- singspiel

Question 4

libretto

Answer 4

text of an opera usually written by poet/written)

Question 5

Don Giovanni

• qualities
• libretto
• who is it about
• voices

Answer 5

• comic and serious
• italian
• Don Juan, the womanizer
• bass

Question 6

Opening scene of Don Giovanni

• 4 characters
• comes after the
• ends with a

Answer 6

• 1. Leporello (bass) - servant
     
     2. Don Giovanni (bartitone)
     3. Donna Anna (soprano)
     4. Commandant (bass) - Donna Annas father
• overture
• recitative

Question 7

overture

Answer 7

orch intro before an opera