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Bonn
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Place where Beethoven was born
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Chamber music
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Music using a small group of musicians with one player to a part
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Emperor Joseph II
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of Austria 1780-1790. Enlightenment thinker. Abolished serfdom, closed monastaries and convents, and eliminated the nobility's special status to criminal law. He discouraged elaborate religious ceremonies and decreed that burials be simple. Ex. Mozart's burial
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Empress Maria Theresa
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The wife of Emperor Jospeh II
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Enlightenment
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"The Age of Reason"
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Libretto
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Text to an opera
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Ensemble
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a piece performed by 3 or more solo singers
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Esterhazy
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Hungarian family Hadyn composed music for
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Fermata
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Hold a note out
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Hanover
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City in Germany where George Frideric Handel was appointed music director for the Elector Georg Ludwig
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Heiligenstadt
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A village outside of Vienna where Beethoven was where he expressed his feelings in the Heiligenstadt testament. A letter written to his brothers
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Hapsburg
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"Holy Roman Empire" in Europe. Germany, Poland, Austria, and Hungary
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Leipzig
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Where St. Thomas School Church is located and where Bach became a cantor there
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Minuet and Trio
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Used in a 3 movement. Appeared in King XIV of France and was danced by aristocrats. In the form minuet (A), trio (B), minuet (A) They are repeated
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Opera buffa
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"comic opera" where songs, spoken dialogue, and dance are performed.
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