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Which period is also known as the 'Age of Enlightenment'?
Which period is also known as the 'Age of Enlightenment'?
- Rococo period
- Pre-Classical period
- Baroque period
- Classical period (correct)
What characterized the musical style of the Pre-Classical period?
What characterized the musical style of the Pre-Classical period?
- Dense counterpoint & fugal textures (correct)
- Melody-dominated homophony
- Subsidiary bass-lines
- Polyphonic textures
Which composer spent most of his life serving a wealthy aristocratic family (Esterhazy)?
Which composer spent most of his life serving a wealthy aristocratic family (Esterhazy)?
- Mozart
- Beethoven
- Haydn (correct)
- Bach
Who was a child prodigy and later worked as a freelance musician in Vienna?
Who was a child prodigy and later worked as a freelance musician in Vienna?
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What was the musical style that Bach's sons (J.C. & C.P.E. Bach) pioneered in the Pre-Classical period?
What was the musical style that Bach's sons (J.C. & C.P.E. Bach) pioneered in the Pre-Classical period?
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