1. Baroque revision question
Listen to the following extract and comment on the following:
Tonality
Tempo
Meter
Instrumentation
Texture
Dynamics
Melody
Style
Period
Composer

2. Minor key signatures review

3. The Classical Era c
Saw a move away from the ornate styles of the baroque period
Music used well balanced and clear cut structures
Melodic lines were simple and clear and also graceful and contained regular phrasing
Main compositions were: Classical Symphony, String Quartet, Concerto and Solo Sonata

4. Composers
The period was dominated by 3 Viennese composers (the Viennese School):
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( )
Franz Joseph Haydn ( )
Ludwig Van Beethoven ( )
Beethoven spanned 2 musical periods. His early music was in the classical style and his later music around the turn of the century was very much Romantic in spirit

5. The Orchestra
The harpsichord was still used in orchestras but as the brass and woodwind sections evolved it was no longer used
At the start of the classical period the orchestra was still small, but soon grew with the addition of wind instruments
At the end of the 18th century the newly invented clarinet joined the woodwind section

6. Standard Classical Orchestra
Strings: Violins, Violas, Cellos, Double Basses
Woodwinds: Flutes, Oboes, Clarinets, Bassoons
Brass: Trumpets, French Horns
Percussion: Timpani

7. Listening
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nacht Musik (1787)