Week 1 nyenye Flashcards

1
Q

-A child prodigy gifted with photographic memory, perfect pitch
and the ability to play multiple instruments. Born in Salzburg,
Austria in January 27, 1756
-Died at the age of 35, December 5, 1791
-He is a violin virtuoso
-Learned how to play the piano at the age of 3. Wrote his first
piece at the age of 5 and Wrote his first symphony at the age of 8

A

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

He is Mozart’s Father and he is a succesful musician

A

Leopold

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Before Mozart died, he uncomplety composed_________
which was for dead people.

A

Requiem

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

In what year did Mozart appeared in public as a keyboard performer?

A

1761

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

what year did Mozart traveled with his sister to the court of Prince Maximilian III of Bavaria in Munich, and at the Imperial Court in Vienna and Prague?

A

1762

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Composed his first opera
•La Finta Semplica (Semplice).

A

1763

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

In what year did Mozart wrote the first carnival opera,
•Mitridate re di Ponto.

A

1770

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

In what year did Mozart Composed solo (three-movement)
•Motet
•Exsultate
•Jubilate

A

1773

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

wrote the Italian opera
• La finta giardiniera, K. 196.

A

1775

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

In what year did Mozart composed ballet music and new symphony in Paris.

A

1778

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

In what year did Mozart composed opera titled
• Idomeneo

A

1781

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

In this year, Mozart played his last piano concerto.

A

1791

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Who arrived in Vienna to study with mozart and what year was it?

A

Beethoven, Year 1878

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Born in Germany in 1770
•Known as a pianist, a composer, and a music innovator.
•He widened the scope of the following music forms:
•Sonata
•Symphony
•Concerto and
•Quartet musical forms

A

Ludwig Van beethoven

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Beethoven He debuted his Symphony No. 3 in Napoleon’s honor, which he later renamed the?

A

Eroica Symphony

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Beethoven never got married, but he was inlove with a woman named?

A

Antonie Brentano

17
Q

In this year, Beethoven composed ___________, a wildly popular ballet that received 27 performances at the Imperial Court Theater.

A

1801, The Creatures of Prometheus

18
Q

Beethoven published his _________ in 1801

A

Six string quartets

19
Q

What did Beethoven struggled with? And at what age and year?

A

Being deaf, 46 Years old, 1816

20
Q

Beethoven composed the famous symphonies. What are they called?

A

Moonlight Sonata; The kreuzer violin sonata; and Fidelio.

21
Q

What is beethoven’s only
opera?

A

Fidelio

22
Q

Austrian music composer
•8 yrs. Old when he joined the choir at St. Stephen’s Cathedral located in Vienna, Austria
•Learned violin and keyboard in Vienna
•Associated with the Viennese school
•Influential to Mozart and Beethoven

A

Franz Joseph Haydn

23
Q

What age did Haydn die?

A

77 years old

24
Q

For almost 30 years, Haydn’s creative life was spent in the service of ?

A

The Esterházy Family

25
Q

It is one of the richest and most powerful of the hungarian noble families, writing pieces for their needs and desires.

A

The Esterházy Family