[Music] the classical music movement was around 1750 to 1830 and is typified by shorter and less complex Melodies compared to the Barack period with thinner textures but largely homophonic there was a greater variety of and contr cross between musical sections we also see the Hops Accord gradually replaced by the piano key to the classical movement were three composers Mozart Beethoven and heyen born in Austria Mozart was composing from the age of five by 17 he had performed in front of European royalty and was engaged as a court musician in salsburg in 1781 Mozart moved to Vienna which would become the center of the classical music movement it was here that he befriended heyen along with Beethoven and heyen Mozart created and perfected the musical forms that marked The Classical period Symphonies were Grand and elaborate instrumental pieces performed by a large Orchestra usually in several sections or movements concerto were similar to Symphonies but the orchestra would act as an accompaniment to one or more solo instruments string ensembles were orchestras comprised entirely of string instrument struments including quartets which were very popular in this period Opera as we've learned in previous videos was a dramatic vocal Le performance and is reminiscent of ancient Greek drama many consider Mozart's greatest gift to be the inspiration he passed to a young and already very talented Beethoven Beethoven was born in Bon which at the time was part of the Holy Roman Empire Beethoven would be crucial for the transition between between classical and romantic periods Beethoven created plenty of recognizable pieces including nine Symphonies 32 piano sonatas 16 string quartets and that's just the recognizable stuff most of his early works are created very much in the style of mozard and in 1787 he was sent to Vienna to study under him although it's a matter of some speculation whether or not they ever met in the later part of his career Beethoven was still composing despite being entirely deaf indeed many of these are his best known Creations Beethoven was a gifted composer from a young age but his Excellence was perhaps bullied into him by his father who would flog him and regularly deprive him of sleep in order to practice more one final composer who is of great importance but often overshadowed by mozard and Beethoven is Joseph heyen heyen was instrumental in the development of chamber music and is often referred to as the father of the Symphony and the father of the string quartet during his career as a court musician he was so cut off from other composers and influences he was forced to be completely original this is likely what inspired his young friend Mozart heyen created vast amounts of Music in 1760 alone he created 40 Symphonies that's around one every N9 days any composer from the classical era would have greater influence in how a piece was performed which would lead to much larger orchestras but also the emergence of the string quartet composers would also give more attention to percussion and wi Parts which were previously only sketched out public performances would also become much more popular in this period being hosted in Halls and Opera Houses possibly also due to the composer's influence written music from The Classical period most closely resembles what we see today Works in this period were usually titled as a clinical description rather than by a name for example Prelude in minor music was enjoyed in an abstract sense and wasn't viewed as being about any particular thing fun fact Beethoven's famous piano piece Moonlight Sonata is actually named Piano Sonata number 14 Opus 27 number two the composer never himself referred to it as the Moonlight Sonata and that was the classical era thank you for watching please subscribe for more content or check out our website at stab panda.com farewelling toon [Music]