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Classical music started in 1750 and ended in?
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1820
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Classical music is also know as the?
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Age of Enlightenment
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What surprised the audiences that were use to terraced dynamics?
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Crescendos and Decrescendos
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The Classical orchestra was larger than the baroque orchestra? T of F
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True
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Unexpected pauses and syncopations weren't characteristics of the classical era? T of F
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False
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Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach described music with strict polyphonic imitation as?
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Dry and despicable pieces of pedantry
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Emmanuel Carl Philip Bach lived from 1714 to?
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1788
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Who invented the Emfindsamer Style?
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Emmanuel Carl Phillip Bach
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What is the Emfindsamer style?
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A style of musical composition developed in 18th century Germany, intended to express "true and natural" feelings, and featuring sudden contrasts of mood. It was developed as a contrast to the Baroque Affektenlehre
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What is a cadenza?
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The first movement and sometimes in the last movement, there is a special unaccompanied showpiece for the soloist.
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What is classical chamber music designed for?
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A room, home, or place rather than for a public concert hall.
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Chamber music is performed by a small group of?
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Two to nine musicians, with one player to a part.
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The classical orchestra consisted of four sections, what were they?
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Strings: 1st violins, 2d violins, violas, cellos, double bassesWoodwinds: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoonsBrass: 2 french horns, 2 trumpetsPercussion: 2 timpani
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The classical piece had a great variety with more rapid changes of?
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Tone Color
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What is a concerto?
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A three movement work for an instrumental soloist and orchestra
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