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Classical Era Music
Ciassical Era pieces and composers
| Piece | Description | Composer |
|---|---|---|
| Choral Symphony (Symphony 9) | Ends with the Ode to Joy chorus, containing lines "O friends, not these sounds!" and "beautiful spark of gods, daughter of Elysium". | Ludwig Van Beethoven |
| Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music) | A piece for string ensemble beginning with a famous Mannheim Rocket theme. | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| "Surprise" Symphony (#94) | "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" originates from the theme and variations second movement. Named after its sudden dynamic changes. | Joseph Haydn |
| Egmont Overture | Based on a titular Goethe Play, the composer used it to express his disgust for Napoleon's crowning. The unofficial anthem of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution | Ludwig Van Beethoven |
| Don Giovanni (Opera) | The title character is a scandalous womanizer who rapes Anna and kills her father. The opera ends with him burning in hell. | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| Gradus Ad Parnassum (Steps toward Parnassum) | A set of 100 instructional pieces for students | Muzio Clementi (Do not confuse for Debussy's piece from the children's corner of the same name" |
| The Magic Flute (Opera) | Papageno and Tamino are instructed to rescue the daughter of the Queen of the Night, Pamina. They are given the title instrument. Tamino undergoes a trial of silence and fasting and is eventually successful. | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| "Jupiter" Symphony (#41) | The composer's last and longest symphony. The coda is a fugue of the five voices presented in the last movement. | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Do not confuse with "Jupiter" from Holst's Planets) |
| Quintet in E major, op.11 | Has a very famous "minuet" movement that has been featured in multiple films. | Luigi Boccherini |
| "Kaiser" Quartet (Emperor Quartet) | The second movement is variations on the theme of "Gott Erhalte Franz den Kaiser" (God Save Emperor Francis), written for Francis II. the theme became the Austrian, then German national anthem. | Joseph Haydn (Do not confuse with Emperor concerto) |
| Marriage of Figaro (Opera) | A comedy where the title character feuds with the Count Almaviva for seducing his wife. | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| The Seven Last Words of Christ | Commissioned for the Good Friday service in Oratorio de la Santa Cueva. There is an orchestral, string quartet, and choral version. | Joseph Haydn |
| Fidelio (Opera) | Florestan attempts to expose the crimes of Pizarro, but Pizarro imprisons him and says he is dead. His wife, Leonore, disguises as a boy "Fidelio" and rescues him. | Ludwig van Beethoven (tip: His only opera) |
| Moonlight Sonata (14) | Unconventionally begins with a slow movement and makes the last movement, rather than the first, the most important of the three. | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Pathetique Sonata (8) | The first movement is "Grave-Allegro di molto e con brio". Named after its tragic sound. | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Tarare (Opera) | Nature and Fire grant haughty grandeur to Atar and humble poverty to Tarare. Royals kidnap Tarare's wife and he saves her but both are condemned, then rescued by a slave revolt. | Antonio Salieri |
| "Emperor" Piano Concerto (5) | Dedicated to Archduke Rudolf. The piano begins with an unexpectedly early cadenza. It was completed in Vienna while it was under siege by Napoleon. | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Pastorale symphony (6) | Each movement is named programmatically (such as Merry gathering of country folk, Thunderstorm, Shepherd's song) and there is no gap between movements. | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| "Eroica" Symphony | Initially dedicated to Napoleon, but his name later scratched out after he crowned himself emperor. | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Symphony no.5 (C minor) | A Bb triplet followed by a G is this work's famous "fate" motif, and it repeats itself throughout the first movement. | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| London Symphony (104) | The title refers to the group of symphonies #94-#104 but also specifically #104, his last symphony. Begins with a long, slow introduction. | Joseph Haydn |
| MIssa Solemnis (solemn mass) | One of the most important "mass" works of the time. Movements "Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei". | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| The Creation (Oratorio) | Sets texts from the book of Genesis, Psalms, and Joh Milton's Paradise Lost into music. Soloists represent Raphael, Gabriel, Adam, and Eve. | Joseph Haydn |
| Deutschland Über Alles | The anthem of the Weimar Republic and of West Germany. The first and second stanzas are no longer used due to association with the Nazi party. | Joseph Haydn |
| Symphony in G minor (40) | It's only here because I like it. | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| "Miracle" Symphony (96) | So named because the audience at its premier had crowded to applaud it, saving them from a chandelier that crashed on their seats. | Joseph Haydn |
| Nelson Mass (mass for troubled times) (11) | The text is a slightly altered section from the Latin Mass of the Catholic Church. | Joseph Haydn |
| Grosse Fugue (op.133) | Initially the movement of a string quartet, it was so criticized that the composer abandoned the rest of the quartet. It is an immense double fugue, known for its complexity. | Ludwig van Beethoven |
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Peter Z