Classical Period (1740-1810)

By AlyssaBeauchamp
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    Rameau

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    Tartini

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    Metastasio

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    Sammartini

    Inventor of the symphony
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    Richter

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    Gluck

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    C. P. E. Bach

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    Jommelli

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    Burney

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    Piccinni

  • Symphony invented by Sammartini

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    Rococo style

    French, extremely ornate
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    Haydn

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    Schobert

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    J. C. Bach

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    Paisiello

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    Billings

  • Cyclical Structure

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    da Ponte

  • Ballad operas invented

  • Absolute music

    Music that is not programmatic

  • String quartets introduced by Richter

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    Salieri

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    Nannerl Mozart

  • Empfindsamkeit style

    This style strove to be "natural." Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach wrote in this style.
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    Mozart

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    von Paradis

  • Opera Buffa invented

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    Sonata form

    The most widely used form for symphonies and chamber pieces during this time period
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    American Revolution

  • Piano patented

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    French Revolution

  • Weidinger created trumpet with keys

  • Rondo form

    Five part (ABACA) or seven part (ABACABA)

  • Valved trumpet invented

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