Classical period

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The Classical period was a Western cultural era, roughly spanning the mid-18th to early 19th centuries, characterized in music by clarity, balance, and formal structure exemplified by composers like Haydn, Mozart, and early Beethoven.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Western cultural era ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
music era ⓘ
developedIn Austria ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Vienna ⓘ
followedBy Romantic period ⓘ
linked to: Romanticism
follows Baroque period ⓘ
hasCenter Vienna ⓘ
hasCharacteristic balance ⓘ
balanced phrase structure ⓘ
clarity ⓘ
clear tonal harmony ⓘ
contrast of themes ⓘ
dynamic contrasts ⓘ
empfindsamer Stil influences ⓘ
emphasis on melody ⓘ
formal structure ⓘ
galant style influences ⓘ
gradual dynamic changes ⓘ
homophonic texture ⓘ
light accompaniment ⓘ
orchestral transparency ⓘ
periodic phrasing ⓘ
standardized forms ⓘ
use of Alberti bass ⓘ
hasEndTime circa 1820 ⓘ
hasForm minuet and trio ⓘ
rondo form ⓘ
sonata form ⓘ
symphonic cycle ⓘ
theme and variations ⓘ
hasGenre concerto ⓘ
divertimento ⓘ
mass ⓘ
opera buffa ⓘ
opera seria ⓘ
oratorio ⓘ
serenade ⓘ
sonata ⓘ
string quartet ⓘ
symphony ⓘ
hasInnovation codification of sonata form ⓘ
development of the string quartet ⓘ
expansion of instrumental music ⓘ
standardization of the symphony ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Antonio Salieri ⓘ
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ⓘ
Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Franz Schubert ⓘ
Johann Christian Bach ⓘ
Joseph Haydn ⓘ
Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
Luigi Boccherini ⓘ
Muzio Clementi ⓘ
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ⓘ
hasMovement First Viennese School ⓘ
hasSocialContext court patronage system ⓘ
emergence of middle-class audiences ⓘ
rise of public concerts ⓘ
hasStartTime circa 1730 ⓘ
influenced 19th-century symphonic tradition ⓘ
Romantic music ⓘ
piano music of the 19th century ⓘ
influencedBy Baroque music ⓘ
Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
galant style ⓘ
usesInstrument fortepiano ⓘ
horns ⓘ
string orchestra ⓘ
timpani ⓘ
trumpets ⓘ
woodwind section ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

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Baroque → precedes → Classical period ⓘ
Christoph Willibald Gluck → movement → Classical period ⓘ
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart → movement → Classical period ⓘ
Joseph Haydn → era → Classical period ⓘ
Eine kleine Nachtmusik → period → Classical era ⓘ
linked to: Classical period
Beethoven piano sonatas → period → Classical period ⓘ
Andante con moto, ma non troppo → stylePeriod → Late Classical ⓘ
linked to: Classical period
Baroque music → precedes → Classical period (music) ⓘ
linked to: Classical period
Piano Concerto → developedInPeriod → Classical period ⓘ
Antonín Reicha → movement → Classical period ⓘ
The Representation of Chaos → historicalPeriod → Classical era ⓘ
linked to: Classical period
works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart → timePeriod → Classical era ⓘ
linked to: Classical period
Romantic period in music → follows → Classical period in music ⓘ
linked to: Classical period
Symphonies for strings → relatedTo → Classical period (music) ⓘ
linked to: Classical period
Mehlgrube, Vienna → culturalContext → Viennese Classical era ⓘ
linked to: Classical period