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French composer who wrote in the Rococo style that was a new charming and entertaining style
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French composer and theorist; tried to establish a rational foundation for harmonic practice
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court poet in Vienna; incredibly famous librettist during this time
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invented the symphony in Milan, Italy during the 1740s
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reigned over the Kingdom of Prussia from 1740-1786; was a gifted flute player and composed at least 100 sonatas and 4 symphonies
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worked in Berlin as the chamber harpsichordist for Frederick the Great who reigned over the Kingdom of Prussia from 1740-1786; son of J.S. Bach
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lyric dramatic opera- brought about operatic reform in Italian opera seria
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organist, amateur composer, writer, and music scholar; wrote books about different composers of the time and considered a primary source
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from Naples
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founder of the opera buffa
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a simple and expressive style that originated in Italy, but shifted to Germany during the 1750s with C.P.E. Bach; supposed to be a natural style that was very sentimental
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derives from the French word "rocaille" meaning "scroll"; considered over-the-top in ornamentation and decoration
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credited as the primary mover within the new classic style concerning instrumental music but he did not invent the style
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also known as the fourth movement, was added in the 1740s in Mannheim, Germany
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one of the first American composers; first publication was "The New-England Psalm-Singer"
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a famous librettist that worked with Mozart
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one of the successful court composers in Vienna; very popular and talented; composed many operas in Italian, German, and French
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made mass production possible; many instruments had many improvements done to them
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most widely used form during this time for symphonic and chamber pieces
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Mozart's first opera buffa; dramma giocoso in four acts; based on a play that had been banned in France
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One of Mozart's most famous Opera Buffa