Classical period

CLASSICAL PERIOD

 The classical period lasted from 1750 until 1810

Symphony: A large orchestral piece, split into 3 chunks, which follows certain rules to give it a rigid structure.
Section 1: Was written in a sonata allegro form.
Section 2: Changed key from the first section, and included a strong melody line.
Section 3: Was written in Rondo form, and was a lot livelier.
This is an example of a Symphony from the Classical period:

Diatonic music means that all of the notes that are used stay within the key. In this time of music it was seen as unacceptable to make clashing sounds.

Phrases were where the composers would have made even length sections, the phrases ended as if you were taking a breath in the song.


Concerto would be a soloist, accompanied by an orchestra playing a piece of music.

Mozart, Haydn and Schubert were three composers from the Classical period, here is an example of each of their music:
Mozart

 

Haydn

schubert