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Pietro Metastasio
Court poet in Vienna; most important author of librettos for the 18th century -
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Giovanni Battista Sammartini
Galant Italian composer and innovator of the symphony in Milan, 1730s+ -
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Farinelli (Carlo Broschi)
One of the most famous castrati in the 18th century; trained by Porpora -
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Franz Xaver Richter
German composer/ teacher/ singer and innovator of the string quartet -
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Galant; eldest son of J.S. Bach; wrote in both baroque and classic styles -
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
German opera reform composer -
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Johann Stamitz
Galant, symphonic innovator in Mannheim that helped to establish the symphonic genre -
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Dr. Charles Burney
Music historian, author, and organist who traveled Europe and wrote about his observations -
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Franz Joseph Haydn
A primary Austrian composer who served as an innovator and mover within the new classic style and composed over 100 symphonies -
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Johann Christian Bach
Worked in Milan and London, son of J.S. Bach, friend and influence to Mozart -
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Luigi Boccherini
Italian composer and cellist; prolific -
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William Billings
Most prominent composer in the New America; singing teacher; not a strong composer -
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Domenico Cimarosa
Italian Composer; a central figure in opera in the late 18th century, very successful -
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Lorenzo Da Ponte
Italian librettist and poet that collaborated with Mozart -
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German poet and writer; Romanticism -
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Antonio Salieri
Italian composer and teacher; transitioned galant to classic period and classic to romantic; extremely successful -
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Muzio Clementi
English composer of Italian birth -
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer; child prodigy; wrote in all genres; best innovations in opera; epitome of the classic styles; one of the best musicians and composers of all time -
Industrial Revolution (1760-1820)
The world was changing and innovating rapidly- in music as well -
Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
American war for independence from the British empire -
The French Revolution (1789-1799)
Dissatisfaction with the monarchy