Introduction to music

• Where was Mozart born? 


  Salzburg
• When did Mozart start playing the piano?

  at age 3
• When did he compose his first piano composition?

  at age 4
• When was Mozarts first public performance?

  at age 5
• What age was Mozart when he toured Europe?

  6-8
• Who did Mozart play for when he toured Europe?

  King George III of London

  King Louis XV(13) of Paris
• When did mozart compose his first symphony?

  at age 9
• what age was Mozart when he composed his first opera (bastien und bastienne)? 


  12
• What is a serenade? (serenata)


  Musical composition/ performance in someone’s honor (usually calm, light music)
• How many operas did Mozart have?

  22
• List 4 of Mozarts operas?

  The Marriage of Figaro (Italian)

  Don Giovanni (Italian)

  CosI Fan Tutte (Italian)

  The Magic Flue (German)
• Mozart wife? 


  Maria Weber married at age of 26
• Who is Antonio Salieri 


  An Italian classical composer, conductor and teacher, spent his career as a subject of the Habsburg Monarchy
• Who is Franz Süssmayr

  Australian composer know for His completion of Mozarts requiem
• Where was Beethoven born?

  in Bonn - Germany
• At what age did Beethoven become a virtuoso pianist?

  25
• At what age did Beethoven become deaf?

  At age 28
• How many Concertos did Beethoven compose?

  3 piano

  1 violin

  triple concerto for violin, cello and piano
• How many sonatas does Beethoven have?

  32 piano sonatas
• How many symphonies has Beethoven composed?

  9 symphonies
• How many overtures has Beethoven composed?

  11 overtures
• List 4 of Beethovens overtures?

  Fedelio overture

  Leonore overture

  Egmont overture

  Coriolan overture
• Toccata 


  Virtuoso piece of music typically for a keyboard lightly fingered (emphasizing the agility of the performers fingers)
• What are the four main categories of the Italian musical terms

  Tempo

  Intensity

  Expression

  Articulation
• Tempo 


  Speed
• Intensity 


  Volume
• Expression 


  Character
• Articulation 


  Style
• Adagio 


  Slow
• Largo 


  Slow and Stately
• Presto 


  Very fast
• Vivace 


  Lively
• Rallentando 


  Gradually getting slower
• Accelerando 


  Gradually getting faster
• Lento 


  Slow
• Moderato 


  At moderate speed
• ppp - pianississimo 


  Barely audible
• p - piano 


  Soft
• mp - mezzo piano 


  Not that soft
• mf - mezzo forte 


  Kinda loud