Classical Music

Classical music is the [blank_start]specific music period[blank_end] between [blank_start]1750[blank_end]- [blank_start]1820[blank_end], but classical music is the definition for [blank_start]classic[blank_end] music, opposed to [blank_start]pop[blank_end] music

There were 3 main composers of the Classical Period, [blank_start]Haydn[blank_end], [blank_start]Mozart[blank_end] and [blank_start]Beethoven[blank_end]

Haydn's dates were [blank_start]1732[blank_end]- [blank_start]1809[blank_end]

Mozart's dates were [blank_start]1756[blank_end]- [blank_start]1791[blank_end]

Beethoven's dates were [blank_start]1770[blank_end]- [blank_start]1827[blank_end]

Christopher Wilibald Gluck was from [blank_start]1714[blank_end]- [blank_start]1787[blank_end]

Franz Peter Schubert was from [blank_start]1797[blank_end]- [blank_start]1828[blank_end]

There are 4 important features in Classical Period, Mainly [blank_start]homophonic[blank_end], [blank_start]Lighter and less complex[blank_end] texture, [blank_start]clarity[blank_end] of line and nothing is [blank_start]overdone[blank_end]

Classical composers aimed to balance [blank_start]form[blank_end] and [blank_start]structure[blank_end]

There were 4 types of instrumental music, [blank_start]Symphonies[blank_end], [blank_start]Sonata's[blank_end], [blank_start]Solo Concerto's[blank_end] amd [blank_start]String Quartet's[blank_end]

There were 12 different types of instruments in the Classical Orchestra, 2 [blank_start]Flutes[blank_end], 2 [blank_start]Oboes[blank_end], 2 [blank_start]Clarinets[blank_end], 2 [blank_start]Bassoons[blank_end], 2 [blank_start]Horns[blank_end], 2 [blank_start]Trumpets[blank_end], 2 [blank_start]Timpani's[blank_end] , [blank_start]Violin 1[blank_end], [blank_start]Violin 2[blank_end], [blank_start]Viola[blank_end], [blank_start]Cello[blank_end] and [blank_start]Basses[blank_end]

[blank_start]Haydn[blank_end] wrote Symphony No. 104

The Minuet in [blank_start]Symphonies[blank_end] in usually the [blank_start]3rd[blank_end] out of the 4 movements

The dates of the Classical Period were [blank_start]1750[blank_end]- [blank_start]1820[blank_end]