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Classical

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Classical

Symphony
- 3 Movements
  - Slow
  - Fast
  - Fast
- Big concert hall
- Expanded Orchestra
  - New instruments such as clarinet.
Joseph Haydn
- 1732 - 1809
- Was part of a system where rich people hired composers
  - Patronage
1750 -1825
Strings were still prominent
Wolfgang Mozart
- Born in Salzburg
- 1756 - 1791
Ludwig van Beetwhoven
- 1770 - 1827
- Bridged the gap between classical and Romantic
- German
Sonata
- Not for amatuers
- Solo Piano
- Instrument and Piano
- Chamber Music
String Quartet
- Violin 1- main melody
- Violin 2- counter melody
- Viola- filled in the middle tessitura
- Cello - Bass
- New for the classical era
Concerto
- Cadenza- a part for a soloist to show off
- Soloist and Orchestra
Musical features
- Piano was invented
- Chords I, IV, V
  - Functional Harmony
    - Cadences to end phrases
      - Perfect
      - Plagal
      - Interrupted
      - Imperfect
- Gradations
  - Crescendo and Dimminuendo
- Clarinet was invented
  - used in orchestra
- Arch like melody
  - Balanced phrasing
  - regular bar phrases
  - Less ornamentation
- Modulation
  - Would modulate to related keys
- More use of irregular rhythms
- Sonata Form
  - Exposition (Subject 1 &2) Development (Modulation) Recapitulation (bring back first idea)