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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
Location
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
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
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)
Composers
Instrumental Music
Vocal + Instrumental Music
Secular Music
Instruments
- 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.
Main Characteristics
1750-1827
classical period
