Classical period
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- Created on: 16-11-20 13:44
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- Music: Classical Period
- Composers
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Giovanni Battista Viotti
- Muzio Clementi
- Luigi Boccherini
- Michael Haydn
- Melody
- Built on scales and arpeggios
- simple and repetitive
- short and clearly defined phrases with 2 or more contrasting themes
- built on motifs
- melodies tended to be shorter than baroque
- 1730 - 1820
- Texture
- varied dynamic range
- use of scales, arpeggios,and chords
- mostly homophonic
- harmony
- functional, very simple
- harmonised with triadic harmony
- use of primary chords
- instruments
- Violin
- Viola
- Horn
- Trumpet
- violoncellos
- Piano
- double basses
- flute
- oboe
- clarinet
- bassoons
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