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Pietro Metastasio
Court Poet in Vienna; most important author of libretto -
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Giovanni Battista Sammartini
Galant Italian composer and inventor of the symphony in Milan -
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Farinelli
One of the most famous castrati -
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Franz Xaver Richter
Real inventor of the spring quartet -
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Prince Nikolaus J. Eszterhazy
Haydn's patron and employer until 1790 -
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Eldest son of Bach, associated with Empfindsamkeit -
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
German opera-reform composer; balance between music and drama -
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Johann Stamitz
symphonic innovator in Mannheim -
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Dr. Charles Burney
Music historian who traveled to Europe and wrote about his observations -
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Franz Joseph Haydn
The primary German composer who served as inventor and mover to the new classical style -
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Johann Christian Bach
Son of J.S. Bach; friend and influence to Mozart -
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Melody, Harmony, Basic Traits
Sonata form, polythematic compositions, steady tempo, castrati performed with great acclaim, music was mostly performed in courts and churches, melodies had symmetrical phrasing, instrumental music, similar to galant music, sonata form. -
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Luigi Boccherini
Italian composer and cellist; prolific -
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William Billings
Most prominent composer in the New America -
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Lorenzo Da Ponte
Italian librettist and poet; collaborated with Mozart -
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Domenico Cimarosa
Italian composer who is a central figure in opera -
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German poet and writer; literary force behind Romanticism -
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Antonio Salieri
Italian composer and teacher -
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Muzio Clementi
English composer of Italian Birth -
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Exploited child Prodigy; best innovations were in opera -
Benjamin Franklin introduces Bifocals
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Creation of the Battery