Classical Music

When: 1750 -1825

Who: Mozart, Haydn

Instruments: 

• Piano. Harp.
• Piccolo, Flute, Clarinet, Basson, Oboe. <--- Classical music is WOODWIND and strings.
• French Horn, Trumpet, Trombone. 
• Timpani (Tonic and dominant.)

Ensembles:

• Single solo instrument + Piano. (Playing a sonata.)
• Piano (Playing a sonata.)
• String Quartet (2 violins, viola, Cello.)
• Orchestra

Genre:

• Sonata. Piano only, or piano + solo instrument. Sonata form. 
• Concerto solo. Orchestra + one solo instrument. Sonata form. Contrast between orchestra and solo instrument, like a conversation. Orchestra…