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    During the Classical period (1750-1820), important historical events like the French Revolution and American Revolution occurred. Composers like Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven dominated and composed symphonies, sonatas, string quartets, and some masses. Their music featured homophonic harmony and texture with clear uses of dynamics like crescendos and diminuendos. Classical opera became more entertaining compared to Baroque opera, with simpler music, believable characters, and plots intended for bourgeois audiences. A variety of instruments were used, including the flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, strings, timpani, and piano.

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    During the Classical period (1750-1820), important historical events like the French Revolution and American Revolution occurred. Composers like Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven dominated and composed symphonies, sonatas, string quartets, and some masses. Their music featured homophonic harmony and texture with clear uses of dynamics like crescendos and diminuendos. Classical opera became more entertaining compared to Baroque opera, with simpler music, believable characters, and plots intended for bourgeois audiences. A variety of instruments were used, including the flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, strings, timpani, and piano.

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    During the Classical period (1750-1820), important historical events like the French Revolution and American Revolution occurred. Composers like Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven dominated and composed symphonies, sonatas, string quartets, and some masses. Their music featured homophonic harmony and texture with clear uses of dynamics like crescendos and diminuendos. Classical opera became more entertaining compared to Baroque opera, with simpler music, believable characters, and plots intended for bourgeois audiences. A variety of instruments were used, including the flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, strings, timpani, and piano.

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    MUSIC OF THE CLASSICAL PERIOD (1750-1820)

    • French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars


    occurred.
    • American Declaration of Independence in 1776
    and The American Revolution.
    • Harmony and Texture are homophonic in general.
    • The Dynamics of loud and soft were clearly shown
    through the extensive use of crescendo and
    diminuendo.
    COMPOSERS

    Haydn Mozart Beethoven

    • 104 symphonies • 41 symphonies • 9 symphonies


    • 18 piano sonatas • 32 piano sonatas
    • 60 piano sonatas
    • Hundreds of String quartets • Some String quartets
    • 68 string quartets
    • 21 piano concertos • 5 piano concertos
    • Some masses and • Some masses and religious • Some masses and
    oratories music religious music
    • 25 operas (10 lost ) • 20 operas • 1 opera : “Fidelio”
    COMPARISON between BAROQUE
    and CLASSICAL OPERA
    Baroque Opera Classical Opera

    • Solemnity. • Sense of humor.


    • Musical virtuosity. • Musical and scenical
    simplicity.
    • Boring plots.
    • Entertaining plots.
    • Stereotyped characters.
    • Close and believable
    • Intended for the
    characters.
    aristocracy and nobility
    • Intended for the bourgeois
    audience.
    Instruments used in Classical Period
    Modern Flute
    Clarinet
    Oboe
    Basoon
    French Horn
    Valved Trumpet
    Trombon
    e
    Violin
    Cello
    Double Bass
    Viola
    Timpani
    Pian
    o

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