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Haydn Sent to musical school as his parents saw musical talent in him, that was also the last time he lived with his parents.

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Haydn Sent to musical school as his parents saw musical talent in him, that was also the last time he lived with his parents.

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The first piano was brought into existence by the early 1700s

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1791

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1762 - Benjamin Franklin improved the glass harmonica. In Charleston

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The first ever woodwind instruments date back 43,000 years ago.

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1783

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The Classical period refers to an era that started around 1750 and includes composers like Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Also active in this period were Rossini and Paganini.

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Symphony No 1-2, Piano Concerto No 1-2, 'Pathetique' Sonata

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1791

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1751-In Europe, the minuet was a popular dance.

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The first record of a string instrument was from 15,000 BC. A cave painting depicted a cave man playing a 'musical bow.' This was a hunting bow that also made sounds when the string was plucked. Musicians have since taken this as a base for all string instruments

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1786

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Beethoven starts to play in public (1792)

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Beethoven starts to play in public (1792)

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-Played Bach's preludes and fugues in Vienna
-Becomes well known as a piano virtuouso
-Starts to go deaf in 1796, but he still kept composing.

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Disticions and charateristics of Classical music

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Disticions and charateristics of Classical music

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Classical music has a lighter, clearer texture than baroque music and is less complex. It is mainly homophonic—melody above chordal accompaniment (but counterpoint by no means is forgotten, especially later in the period). It also makes use of style galant in the classical period which was drawn in opposition to the strictures of the baroque style, emphasizing light elegance in place of the baroque’s dignified seriousness and impressive grandeur.

Variety and contrast within a piece became more pronounced than before. Variety of keys, melodies, rhythms and dynamics (using crescendo,diminuendo and sforzando), along with frequent changes of mood and timbre were more commonplace in the classical period than they had been in the baroque. Melodies tended to be shorter than those of baroque music, with clear-cut phrases and clearly marked cadences. The orchestra increased in size and range; the harpsichord continuo fell out of use, and the woodwind became a self-contained section. As a solo instrument, the harpsichord was replaced by the piano (or fortepiano). Early piano music was light in texture, often with Alberti bass accompaniment, but it later became richer, more sonorous and more powerful.

Importance was given to instrumental music—the main kinds were sonata, trio, string quartet, symphony, concerto, serenade and divertimento. Sonata form developed and became the most important form. It was used to build up the first movement of most large-scale works, but also other movements and single pieces (such as overtures).

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The harpischord was an essential instrument in music pre 1750. It dates all the way back to medieval times, with the earliest written record of the harpischord was in 1397

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Haydn's disease (unknown) had left physically unable to play the piano and he felt like he had musical ideas become physical barriers to his work which he could no longer compose.

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1785-86

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The most popular music genre pre 1750 was Baroque.

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-He composed his first piano piece when he was 12 years old.

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1791

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The best-known composers from this period:
Joseph Haydn,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Ludwig van Beethoven,
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
Christoph Willibald Gluck.

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1756

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31st April 1809, Jospeh Haydn Pronounced Dead.

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31st April 1809, Jospeh Haydn Pronounced Dead.

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-Played the violin as a young boy

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Henry Purcell (1659-95)

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)

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31st March 1732, Rohrau Austria, Jospeh Haydn Is Born.

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31st March 1732, Rohrau Austria, Jospeh Haydn Is Born.

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The period between 1750 and 1820 is known as Classical period. The art of the period is characterized by grace, beauty of line, clarity of form, and balance of structure.

The characteristics of Classical music are:
~ tuneful melodies
~ more flexibility of rhythm
~ basically homophonic
~ clarity of structure in musical form
~ greater variety and contrast of mood

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Generally:
Significant composers (orange)
significant pieces of music (orange)
popular musical styles/elements (orange)
historical events (for context) (purple)
Specifically:
Joseph Haydn (blue)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (red)
Ludwig van Beethoven (green)
births
deaths
notable works
significant life events

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This era is generally recognised as lasting from c. 1750- 1820).

Brief intro: https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/classical/classical-music-beginners-guide/