... of the quantity. The significance of Bach's music is due to his intellect. He was able to understand and use every resource of musical language that was available in the baroque era. He could combine the patterns of French dances, the gracefulness of Italian melody and the intricacy of German counterpoint all in one composition. At the same time he could ... large scale ensembles. Mozart emphasizes the classical style of the 18th century. His goals in creating his music was for it to be succinct, clear, and well balanced while at the same time developing ideas to a point of emotionally ...

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... towards the end of the eighteenth century. The architecture and visual images of the classical period differed greatly from the Baroque period and offered a more lightly coloured, graceful look with smoothly curving lines in the paintings and buildings. This new style was much more intimate and was given the name rococo. The great painters of the time of the time, ... The Classical period was a major turning pointing history and marked the beginning of many social and cultural revolutions. Unlike Renaissance music that took almost 150 years to change into Baroque music, Baroque music un...

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... , trumpets, violins and pianos were played everywhere from concert halls to restaurants. Today the term "classical music" has come to define the style of Western music that began in Europe in the Middle Ages. It includes symphonies, chamber music and opera. Classical music is composed of ... Franz Joseph Haydn and Franz Peter Schubert also contributed to the classical era. Musicians of the classical era were influenced by those of the baroque era. The classical period in music tends to be associated with the movement called the Age of Reason or the Enlightenment, which began ... of the R...

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