Name_______________________________
GET A PURPLE BOOK AND SILENTLY READ p. 144-145 AND THEN ANSWER:
1. What years were included in the classical period?
2. The characteristics of music from the classical period are _________________,
_________________________, and ___________________________.
3. What are the melodies usually like?
4. Though the music often seems simple, what lies beneath?
5. True or false: A classical piece will usually only have one mood per song.
6. Both classical and baroque composers sometimes used louds and softs, but
classical composers were able to do something else with dynamics. What was it?
7. Both classical and baroque composers wrote concerto’s and ________________
8. Classical composers established new musical forms such as the…
and
9. What do we see commonly today that developed during this period?
10. Who were 2 famous classical composers?
11. Who started as a classical composer, and ushered in the next time period?
(By the way: Haydn was Beethoven’s teacher, so there is an old joke that says: Why
couldn’t Beethoven find his teacher?...Because he was Haydn)…(if you don’t get it
think really hard)
12. List all Characteristics of Classical Period Music from p. 145:
12. You are listening to Mozart’s “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”. How does this piece
sound classical?