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Who is considered the “father of the string quartet”?

Which composer from the Classical period wrote 41 symphonies?

Which statement is not reflective of the changes that occurred in opera during the Classical period?

Identify the incorrect statement regarding the London Symphonies?

Which genre is primarily intended for a small audience or just for the performers themselves?

This section, often consisting of rapid figural patterns (scales, arpeggios, and melodic sequences) carries the music from the tonic to the dominant and prepares for the arrival of the second theme.

Which section of sonata–allegro form frequently consists of unstable harmonies as well as plentiful use of melodic and harmonic sequence (“musical experimentation”)? It usually concludes with a stabilizing pedal point on the dominant note.

Rondo form is one of the oldest musical forms.

Which form consists of a refrain alternating with contrasting material?

Which idea was not championed by Enlightenment philosophers?