The Classical Period By rstevenson1983 1700 Invention of the Piano 1750 Death of Bach 1756 Birth of Mozart 1760 Development of the Symphony 1762 Composition of Orpheus and Euridice by Gluck 1770 Birth of Beethoven 1780 Opera-house politics 1800 Shift from privately performed concerts to publicly performed concerts 1810 Beethoven goes deaf1810 1827 Death of Beethoven
