Classical Music (2)

• The composers of the Classical Period were Franz Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig Van Beethoven.
• Franz Joseph Haydn was an Austrian music composer whose final works were mostly sacred music.
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart appeared in public as a keyboard performer in 1761 and his music was influenced by Haydn.
• Ludwig Van Beethoven fell in love with a woman named Antonie Brentano and composed a love letter, but never sent it.
• The letter from Beethoven to Antonie Brentano said in part, “remain my true, my only love, my all, as I am yours”.
• Ludwig Van Beethoven expanded the scope of music to include sonata, sonata allegro form, concerto, symphony, opera seria, and opera buffa.
• Sonata is a work for multi-movement solo instrument like keyboard or violin, with three movements (fast-slow-medium).
• Concerto is a multi-movement work design for an instrumental soloist and orchestra, intended to emphasize the individuality of solo instrument, with three movements (fast, slow, fast).
• Symphony is a multi-movement work for orchestra, from “sinfonia” which means harmonious sounding together, with four movements (fast, slow, medium, fast).
• Vocal music includes opera seria, which implies heroic or tragic drama, and opera buffa, which implies naughty humor or satire.
• Opera is a drama set to music where singers and musicians perform in a theatrical setting.
• Concerto has 3 movements: Fast, Slow, Fast