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Opera of the Classical Era |
comic opera, opera buffa, light opera sigspiel: spoken or sung Mozart: best known comic operas include marriage of Figaro, Don GBiovanni, Cosi Fan Tutti and Magic Flute |
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Choral Music |
Haydn: Oratorio "Creation" "Heavens Are Telling" Mozart: Requiem in d minor (Lacrymosa) Beethoven: Choral Symphony Symphony no. 9 |
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Composers of the Classical Era |
Franz Josef Haydn (1732-1809) austria 104 symphonies (surprise symphony #94) Oratorio "creation" String quartets & piano sonatas Ludvig van Beethoven (1770-1827) germany 9 symphonies 9th "choral" symphony (joyful joyful) 32 piano sonatas String quartets, piano concertos Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) 41 symphonies (no. 40 in g minor) piano sonatas and 27 concertos 22 operas (the Marriage of Figaro) Requiem in d minor more than 600 works total |
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Opera |
Operatic "conventions" -larger than life, twisted plots, vocal gymnastics, suspension of disbelief Mozar : Le Nozze de Figaro (opera buffa (comic opera) Characters: figaro-valet to count, engaged to susanna, susanna-maid to countess, cout-schemes on susanna, cherubino-trouser role (young boy who loves women) |
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