Classical Music (Music)

• Franz Joseph Haydn was an Austrian composer who is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet."
• Classical Music is also called as "Age of Reason" (1750-1820)
• The cultural life was dominated by the aristocracy.
• Europe began to move to new styles in architecture, literature and arts, known as classicism.
• Instrumental music was patronized primarily by the nobility.
• The classical composers include Franz Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig Van Beethoven.
• Haydn is the most prominent composer and is known for his "rags-to-riches" story, having composed 100 symphonies and developing into an orchestra.
• Mozart was a child prodigy, starting at 5 with violin, harpsichord, and piano, and by 7 was composing excellent music.
• Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany, studied music at an early age, and is considered a bridge between the late Classical era and Romantic era.
• The elements of Classical Music include harmony and texture being homophonic in general, dynamics of loud and soft shown in the use of crescendo and decrescendo, and melodies being formal and simple but elegant.
• The composers of the Classical Period include Franz Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig Van Beethoven.
• Franz Joseph Haydn is the most prominent composer, known for his "rags-to-riches" story, having composed 100 symphonies and developing into an orchestra.
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a child prodigy, starting at 5 with violin, harpsichord, and piano, and by 7 was composing excellent music.
• Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany, studied music at an early age, and is considered a bridge between the late Classical era and Romantic era.
• The classical period, also known as the "Age of reason", is characterized by elements of Classical Music such as harmony and texture being homophonic in general, dynamics of loud and soft shown in the use of crescendo and decrescendo, and melodies being formal and simple but elegant.
• The composers of the classical period include Franz Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig Van Beethoven.