Timeline #3 - Classical Era

Metastasio

Period: 1698 to 1782

Hasse

Period: 1699 to 1783

Farinelli

Period: 1705 to 1782

Galuppi

Period: 1706 to 1785

Goldoni

Period: 1707 to 1793

Richter

Period: 1709 to 1789

Eszterhazy

Period: 1714 to 1790

Jommelli

Period: 1714 to 1774

C.P.E. Bach

Period: 1714 to 1788

Gluck

Period: 1714 to 1787

Stamitz

Period: 1717 to 1757

L. Mozart

Period: 1719 to 1787

Rutini

Period: 1723 to 1797

Burney

Period: 1726 to 1814

Traetta

Period: 1727 to 1779

Piccinni

Period: 1728 to 1800

Sacchini

Period: 1730 to 1786

Stylistic traits

Period: 1730 to 1800

Emotional expression
Polythematic
Humor
Simple melodies and rhythms
Homophony, counterpoint, polyphony
Sonata, Rondo, ternary forms
Written dynamics and expressive markings

Inventions

Period: 1730 to 1800

Piano

Genres

Period: 1730 to 1800

Sonata
Opera
Aria
Dance
Fanfare

F.J. Haydn

Period: 1732 to 1809

Gossec

Period: 1734 to 1829

J.C. Bach

Period: 1735 to 1782

Vanhal

Period: 1739 to 1813

Amalia

Period: 1739 to 1807

Schubart

Period: 1739 to 1791

Paisello

Period: 1740 to 1816

Gretry

Period: 1741 to 1813

Boccherini

Period: 1743 to 1805

Billings

Period: 1746 to 1800

Cimarosa

Period: 1749 to 1801

Ponte

Period: 1749 to 1838

Salieri

Period: 1750 to 1825

Reichardt

Period: 1752 to 1814

The French and Indian war

Period: 1754 to 1763

Kraus

Period: 1756 to 1792

W.A. Mozart

Period: 1756 to 1791

Zelter

Period: 1758 to 1832

Zumsteeg

Period: 1760 to 1802

Sussmayr

Period: 1766 to 1803

America declares independence from Britan

1776