The Classical Concerto The important musical change in the mid-18th century from the Baroque to the Classical style had an affect on the concerto. ... During the classical era the concerto grew longer. ... Mozart was a centrally significant composer of the classical era. ... Recapitulation The recapitulation begins with a clarinet rising scale which leads to a held solo note above a lead in, played by upper strings and bassoon. ... The classical era was about balance. ...

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The time period portrayed is the classical period. ... Even when the Emperor told him that there was too many notes in his opera, in Mozart's mind it was perfect. ... The main thing that I learned about the music from the classical period was that it was clear and simple. ... Classical music really fluctuates the mood, in that it can tells a story of something with different emotions. ... All in all, classical music was light and graceful. ...

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As one of the driving forces of the young Romantic movement, Robert Schumann influenced the development of a new style. And although he did not seem to be destined to become a composer, music soon became very important to him, displaying multiple talents in performance and composition. ROBERT SC...

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As one of the driving forces of the young Romantic movement, Robert Schumann influenced the development of a new style. And although he did not seem to be destined to become a composer, music soon became very important to him, displaying multiple talents in performance and composition. ROBERT SC...

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Due to this increase, the style of bagatelle was common among newly written songs for the piano, Für Elise being one of them.Not much is known about the background of the song due to the only thing left behind was the transcribed notes, with no obvious background information other than that the song title heavily implied that it was written for Elise, whose identity has not been confirmed, but has been guessed to be a woman who was once in Beethoven's life. ... Fur Elise is a very popular classical piece but unlike other pieces, this one is not orchestrated and only consists of one instr...

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Before the movement began he played a sample piece of C minor and D major, which is a symbolic note for the wind instruments like he said. ... He did ask that only those that did know how to write music to write something classical that would sound something like Mozart so he would incorporate it for the next piece. ...

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The piano has long been a valuable member of American families. The instrument has been around since the 1700's and is still popular today as people own them for the enjoyment of music as well as the eye pleasing elegance of the furniture itself. The music that comes from these magnificent instruments is melodic and graceful. The piano has evolved all the way from the Dulcimer, shortly after the birth of Christ. It has gone through many changes before evolving into the modern day piano we know of today. ...

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