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Classical music is art produced in the tradition of Western music.
It is difficult to give a precise definition because there are a lot of forms, genres and historical periods that can be titled as classical.
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Classical Era of Music
The Classical era (1750-1820) established the main norms
of composition. Piano became the leading keyboard instrument.
Composers generally used many harmonic fantasies without concentrating on the structure of the musical piece, musical phrases and motives.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
W.A. Mozart introduced two major genres – opera and
the virtuoso concerto. His musical pieces followed such genres as symphony, opera, chamber music. Also he wrote a number of religious music.
The most famous and influential work – Requiem. In 1791 Mozart was visited by a stranger in a grey robe. He ordered a funeral mess. As the legends say, it was the death that ordered a requiem for Mozart himself.
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Johann Christian Bach
Wrote more then 1000 pieces. Among them there are
pieces for organ, clavichord, orchestra and chamber music. He also composed vocal and choral music.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
At the age of 26 he began to lose
his hearing, but that didn’t prevent him from becoming a great composer. He composed in several musical genres for a lot of instruments. His only opera is Fidelio, he wrote nine symphonies, 32 piano concerts and a significant quantity of chamber music
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Russian Classical Music
The Mighty Handful
Alexander Borodin – opera Prince Igor
Modest
Mussorgsky- piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake,