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Classical period

Jorge Chu Orna

Created on April 27, 2022

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1750-1827

classical period

Main Characteristics

  • It was balanced clear and bright, without a lot of ornamentation.
  • It aimed musical language of express perfection.
  • It emphsised the melody using short and symmetrical phrases.
  • It used melody dominated homophony, mainly alberti bass.

Secular Music

Instrumental Music

Vocal + Instrumental Music

Sonata-Movements -1 or 2 soloists Trio, quartet, quintet - Chamber ensembles Symphony - Orchestra Concerto - Soloist and orchestra Orchestra -Grow the bowed string section -Appear the orchestra conductor -Larger concerto halls

Opera seria -Three-act sructure -Mythological and historical plots -Simple arias -More expressive recitatives -Composer: Gluck Opera buffa -Everyday situations plots -Language easy to understand -Enterntain a wide audience -Examples: The Marriage Of Figaro (Mozart) The Barber Of Seville (Rossini)

Instruments

Clarinet -Woodwind instrument -Single-reed mouthpiece and keys French horn -Brass instrument -Conical mouthpiece and a long tube curled into a circular shape Piano -Struck string instrument -Keyboard instrument that was invented in 1700

Composers

Haydn -Austrian composer. -He's considered the father of the symphony. -Work: Symphony nº94 "Surprise" Beethoven -German composer -Work: Moonlight sonata Mozart -Austrian composer -Work: Mass requiem

Haydn

Beethoven

Mozart

Location

Spain -Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga ("Spanish mozart") -Fernando Sor, he did works -Vicente Martín y Soler were famous composers -Luigi Boccherini was a famous cellist and composer