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¶ … classical era which spanned from approximately 1750 to 1820.I shall discuss the stylistic changes sonata, string quartet and symphony and also the great composers of the time mainly Christoph Willibald Gluck, Johann Bach, and Joseph Haydn.
STYLISTIC CHANGES:
Sonata:
Sonata form is one, which is usually used as a part of multi-movement scheme, since it involves the musical structure of a single movement.
The basic structure of sonata comprises of the following three sections:
Exposition
Development
Recapitulation with a Coda added commonly.
The sonatas of Corelli Violin sonatas Op. 3 are a mixture of abstract and dance-type movements.
String quartet:
A string quartet is quite a complex style where the musical structure consists of four movements .It includes four string instruments which are two violins, a viola and cello.
In classical period string quartets were written for those who had a comprehensive knowledge of music since they were quite complex for the layman to understand.
In classical type of string quartet the outer movements are fast; the inner movements are slower and a dance movement for e.g. minuet,...
10, Bedrich Smetana's String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor "From my Life."
Symphony:
The term 'symphony' is derived from the Greek words syn meaning 'together' and phone meaning 'sounding'.
There are four movements in a symphony, but then again there are some that consist of two, three, or five. Usually, the movements are in this order: fast, slow, dance-like and fast.
Haydn's "London" symphonies and Mozart's last 5 symphonies are great examples for winds used in solos and are placed in high classical period.
COMPOSERS:
Christoph Willibald Gluck:
He was born at Erasbach in 1714, and died in Vienna in 1787.
He wrote his first opera, "Artaserse" in 1741. Pope Benedict XIV knighted Gluck in 1756 and awarded him the "Order of the Golden Spur" after which he used the title "Ritter von Gluck" or "Chevalier de Gluck."
When he died, he left about 35 completed operas, several ballets and instrumental works.
His aim was to make music an instrument through which poetry could be expressed based upon the situation of…
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