THE CLASSICAL MUSIC COMPOSERS

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

WHO IS MOZART?

He was baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart

He was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era.

He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral music.

Here is a list of the popular compositions of Mozart:

Eine kleine Nachtmusik Rondo Alla Turca The Requiem Don Giovann Piano Fantasie in D minor

JOSEPH HAYDN

WHO IS HAYDN?

(Franz) Joseph Haydn

was born in Rohrau, Austria. He was a prominent and prolific composer of the Classical Period.

Some compositions of Haydn includes:

Twenty Variations in G Major

Fantasia (Capriccio) in C major

Variations (5) in D major

JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH

WHO IS BACH?

He was a composer of the Classical era, the eleventh surviving child and youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach.

He was born in Leipzig, Germany.

COMPOSITION OF BACH

March "vom ersten Bataillon Garde-Regiments in Hannover„

March in E flat major String Quintet in B flat major

DEFINITION OF TERMS:

symphony definition. An extended musical composition for orchestra in several movements, typically four.

con·cer·tan·te means denoting a piece of music containing one or more solo parts, typically of less prominence or weight than in a concerto.

cham·ber mu·sic means instrumental music played by a small ensemble, with one player to a part, the most important form being the string quartet which developed in the 18th century.

Opera (English plural: operas; Italian plural: opere) is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (called a libretto) and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting.

Choral music is necessarily polyphonal-i.e., consisting of two or more autonomous vocal lines. It has a long history in European church music.