Composers working in this city popularized a namesake grand pause, in which the orchestra would suddenly all cease playing before starting again at loud dynamics. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this city. This city’s court composer Johann Stamitz helped popularize the four-movement symphony.
ANSWER: Mannheim [or Mossem]
[10m] The Mannheim school’s other Classical era innovations included doing away with this section of a Baroque orchestra that played chordal progressions and the bass line. Harpsichords and lower strings were often included in this section.
ANSWER: basso continuo
[10e] Other performing innovations at Mannheim include the so-called Mannheim form of this technique in which musicians play louder and louder up to a given dynamic.
ANSWER: crescendo [or word forms]
<Ethan Ashbrook, Fine Arts - Music - Classical> ~20892~ <Editor: Young Lee>