Traveling through the Classical period

By Grace&Ryan123
  • composers of the classical era

    composers of the classical era

    The best-known composers from this period are Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Franz Schubert; other notable names include Luigi Boccherini, Muzio Clementi, Antonio Soler, Antonio Salieri, François Joseph Gossec, Johann Stamitz, Carl Friedrich Abel, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and Christoph Willibald Gluck.
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    The Classical Period

    This is a timeline of all of what happened, or who played during this time. I hope you enjoy it!
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    what all insroments were used during this time

    some on the musical instruments of the orchestra included a string section and pairs of bassoons, flutes, horns and oboes. The harpsichord was eliminated and was replaced by the pianoforte
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    What else could the classical period be named?

    Did you know that that classical period was also called the Age of reason. To me this was an interesting fact that the classical period was called something else besides its origonil name.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach dies

    Johann Sebastian Bach dies

    Johann Sebastian Bach dies at age 65
  • Benjamin Franklin flies his kite

    Benjamin Franklin flies his kite

    Ben Franklin flies his kite and makes history
  • what they composers used to make their music and some of the styles they used

    what they composers used to make their music and some of the styles they used

    during this time period composers mostly used texture, modds, and their goal was to be more expressive and natural intheir music.
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    who was teh first composer of this era

    One of the first composer's of the classical era was bethoven and i didn't find the actually day abd mobthe ofr his birth.
  • Ludwig Van Beethoven is born

    Ludwig Van Beethoven is born

    Ludwig Van Beethoven is born on December 16, 1770
  • Declaration of Independence signed

    Declaration of Independence signed

    The Declaration of Independence is signed
  • a musical fact!

    a musical fact!

    Niccolò Paganini: Violin Concerto. in this event you find one of the famouse volin cincerts.
  • George Washington becomes president

    George Washington becomes president

    George Washington becomes the first president of the United States
  • Musical style/ Form

    Musical style/ Form

    this period used lots of clear froms- like stata it comes over and over again,melodies- easy to sing and hear, Rythnm-steady, barely any changes,harmony- homophonic, texture, and moods-light and happy.
  • Franz Joseph Haydn dies

    Franz Joseph Haydn dies

    Franz Joseph Haydn dies at age 77
  • The War of 1812 begins

    The War of 1812 begins

    President James Madison signs the Declaration to declare the war against Great Britain which begins the War of 1812

  • who was the composer to end teh classical period

    The composer to end the classical period was schubert, he was one of the more famouse composers of them all, He was was one of the last to compose of the classical period.
  • where it all ends

    where it all ends

    in the 1820's is when the classical period started to die down and the romantic period starts up. So around the 1820's is when it all started to die down.