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=__**Music of The 18th/19th Century**__= //Driving Question: What kind of music was played in the 1700s/1800s?//
 * Sub Questions:**
 * **What instruments were used?**
 * **When was the music played? Special occasions?**
 * **Did anyone sing? Or was it simply instrumental?**
 * **Famous musicians during this time?**
 * **Did any presidents have any musical talent?**

The main instruments used in their music were the clavichord, harpsichord, and organ, as well as the piano, and other instruments found in an orchestra. Violin, cello, and often the flute or recorder were used. In Scottish or Irish music, the bagpipes, vihuelas, and hurdy-gurdies (wheel fiddle) were used. //Left to right: Vihuela, Hurdy-gurdy, harpsichord, clavichord.//
 * Question 1: What Instruments Were Used?**

It was more common for women to learn to play instruments in the 18th century, as the men were going to school to learn their academics, and it was thought that even though some women did attend school, they should rather learn to embroider and play music. There are no specific occasions or times when music was played.
 * Question 2: When was the music played? Special occasions?**

Many songs were sung, but just as many, if not more, were instrumental as well. Opera and many dancing or folk music was sung to. Opera was common, typically played in an Opera House.
 * Question 3: Did anyone sing? Or was it simply instrumental?**

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827), Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805), François Joseph Gossec (1734-1829), Johann Stamitz (1717-1757), Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787), Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) //left to right: Franz Schubert, Luigi Boccherini, Francois Joseph Gossec, Christoph Willibald Gluck.// //.// Yes, some presidents played instruments. Thomas Jefferson played the violin, cello and clavichord. Benjamin Franklin played the violin and guitar. George Washington played an instrument called the zither, but this may have been proven false, as upon closer inspection of said instrument, turned out to be a hybrid hurdy-gurdy complete with two string courses and a crank-turned "bowing" wheel. John Quincy Adams played the flute. Chester Alan Arthur played the banjo.
 * Question 4: Some famous musicians at this time?**
 * Question 5: Did any presidents have any musical talent during the 18th/19th century?**

media type="youtube" key="oWsNZoS6Ops" height="390" width="480"Joseph Haydn - Sonata In E Flat Hob. XVI 49 Adagio E Cantabile This is an example of piano.

media type="youtube" key="hFsDu5b-YoE" height="390" width="480" Antonio Soler - Sonata 90 In F# major (played by Scott Ross) This is a great example of the Harpsichord.