MUSIC OF CLASSICAL PERIOD

• Classical era is also called as "Age of Reason"
• Classical era started from 1750 and ended in 1820
• THE COMPOSERS

  • Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozard
  • Ludwig Van Beethoven
• FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN

  • Father of symphony
  • One of the most prominent composer in the Classical Period
  • Life was described from RAGS TO RICHES
  • Hired by rich patrons and eventually became a musical
  • 100 composition
• SYMPHONIES WITH NICKNAMES

  • The clock
  • The military
  • Sunrise and Emperor
  • The creation and the season
• WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

  • Child prodigy
  • Composed over 700
• LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

  • Born in Bonn, Germany to a family of musician
  • Motto "per aspera and astra" (through struggle to victory)
  • 1815 become deaf
  • Loves Antonic Brentano
  • Two period: Late classical to early romantic period