Concerto through Time- Classical period 1750-1820

virtuoso playing

a person who excels in performing

Who were key composers

Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven

How did structure of the songs change

Became more homophonic

What began to be used instead of terraced dynamics

Crescendos and diminuendos

What became more popular than the concerto grosso

The solo concerto

What was the classical sonata

A form consisting of three or four movements usually composed for a solo instrument

What forms were still popular in this time period

Binary AB and ternary form ABA

What keyed instrument replaced the harpsichord

Piano allowed a wider range of playing e.g. legato and staccato

What type of audiences was classical music written for

Initially Rich and royalty but introduced to middle classes when concert halls began to be built. Created more freedom for the composers who began writing in the interest of their audiences not their high ranking patrons

What instruments were introduced in the classical period

New instruments to the classical periood

• Clarinet

• Horns improved so could produce more notes

• Timpani became standard, some use of bass and snare drums as well as triangle and cymbal

What was the typical layout

Percussion

French Horns Trumpets

Flutes

Oboes Bassoons