Joseph Haydn

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. In what city did Haydn compose the twelve symphonies that are considered the culmination of his symphonic style?

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. Which statement about the Esterházy family is NOT true?

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. How did Haydn petition his employer to grant his orchestral musicians leave to visit their families?

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. Haydn composed The Creation and The Seasons in response to the legacy of which composer?

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. Haydn's music was so popular that his compositions were widely performed in Vienna, London, and Paris, and he received commissions from France, Spain, and Italy.

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. By the time Haydn began writing symphonies, there were two basic types: the Italian, in three movements (fast-slow-fast) and the German, in four movements (one of which was usually a minuet and trio).

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. Listen to the selection from the fourth movement of Haydn's Symphony No. 94 in G major (Surprise). What features mark this as the coda?

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. Listen to the selection from Haydn's String Quartet in G major, Op. 76 No. 3 (Emperor), Second Movement. Which variation is this, and why?

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