The Classical Period (1750 1820)

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The Classical Style

a. Characteristics of the Classical Style
- Contrast of Mood
- Rhythm
- Texture
- Melody
- Dynamics and the Piano
- The end of the Basso Continuo
b. The Classical Orchestra
c. Classical Forms
Composer, Patron, and Public in the Classical Period
- Joseph Haydn (1732-1809
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1779-1827)
Vienna
Sonata form
a. Exposition
b. Development
c. Recapitulation
d. Coda
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550, * by Wolfgang Amadeus

Mozart.
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Theme and Variation

Symphony No. 94 in G major (Surprise; 1791), by Joseph

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Haydn
Minuet and Trio
Eine kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music; 1787), K. 525, by

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Rondo
String Quartet in C minor, Op.18, No. 4 (1798-1800), by

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Ludwig van Beethoven

The Classical Symphony
The Classical Concerto
Classical Chamber Music
Joseph Haydn
Haydns Music
Trumpet Concerto in E Flat Major (1796)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozarts Music
Don Giovanni (1787)

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Act I: Introduction
Act II: Leporellos catalog aria (Madamina)
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K.550 (1788)
First Movement: Molto allegro
Second Movement: Andante
Third Movement: Menuetto (Allegretto)
Fourth Movement: Allegro assai (very fast)
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488 (1786)
Frist Movement: Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethovens Music
Piano Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13 (Pathtique; 1798)
First Movement: Grave (solemn, slow introduction); Allegro
molto e con brio (very fast and brilliant allegro)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 (1808)
First Movement: Allegro con brio (allegro with vigor)
Second Movement: Andante con moto (moderately slow,
with movement)
Third Movement: Allegro (scherzo)
Fourth Movement: Allegro