Timeline #3 Classical Era (1730's-1810's) By gonzobear85 1700 Libretto/Libretti 1700 invention of the “first” pianoforte by Bartolomeo Cristofori 1706 Cosmic Opera 1722 Treatise on harmony 1732 Bartolomeo Cristofori 1655-1732 1733 Francois Couperin (1668-1733) 1740 The 4th movement (minuet) was added 1740 The 4th movement (minuet) was added 1740 Invention of Symphony 1750 String Quartets chamber genre introduced 1750 Music target toward middle and upper class 1750 Empfindsamkeit 1753 C.P.E. Bach’s keyboard treatise 1760 The rococo style (1730-1760) 1760 Opera Buffa 1764 Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) 1767 Johann Schobert (1735-1767) 1770 Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) 1770 Harpsichords diminished in popularity once the more modern piano emerged 1770 Harpsichords diminished in popularity once the more modern piano emerged 1775 Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700-1775) 1777 first patented version of a piano 1782 Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782) 1783 Ignaz Holzbauer (1711 – 1783) 1783 American revolution (1775-1783) 1786 Frederick the Great (1712 – 1786) 1787 Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 – 1787) 1787 Leopold Mozart (1719-1787) 1788 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 – 1788) 1789 Franz Xaver Richter (1709-1789) 1790 Industrial revolution (1760-1790) 1790 Turkish style= Janissary style (1780-1790) 1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) 1799 The french revolution (1789-1799) 1800 William Billings (1746-1800) 1800 Sonata 1800 Sonata 1809 Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) 1812 Clarinet improvements lead to more modern clarinet 1816 Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816) 1824 Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759-1824) 1825 Antonio Salieri (1750-1825) 1829 Maria Anna Mozart (1751-1829) 1838 Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838) 1883 Richard Wagner (1813-1883) 1893 Charles Gounad (1818-1893)