Classical

=**__Classical Music__**=

Classical Music is a type of music genre that was first discovered in the late 18th century in Europe. Classical period started in 1730 and ended in 1820, then later followed the romantic period. This type of music arouse the classical traditional form and puts its focus on the formal styles. People often associate classical music with fine arts and high class culture. Truly, a numerous amount of classical works is still popular to this day and remains its high value in the music industry.

=__**Timeline**__= Here is a timeline that briefly describe the time period between each music period: - Ancient Music: This type of music existed during approximately the year of the fall of Roman Empire where most of the music came from ancient Greece. - Medieval: Also known as the Monophonic chant or Gregorian Chant was the primary form until the Polyphonic music was developed and discovered later on during the Middle Ages then into the Renaissance. This period existed approximately before 1450. - Renaissance: The first introduction of using instruments combining with duplicate melodic lines. - Baroque: (1600-1750), this type of music genre used the complex melodies and tonal, counterpoint and make good use of the harpsichord and pipe organ. - Classical: (1750-1820), this is one of the most important era where piano came into place and replaced the harpsichord and pipe organ. Most people are fond of the classical period because of its style and performances. - Romantic: (1820-1900), this music focused more on the melody and the rhythm of the music work. - Modern: (1905-1985), this type of music has more bizarre soundings as it is totally the opposite of classical compositions. - 20th century: Includes music that are composed later in the year of 1999, describing the wide variety range of post-Romantic and Mondern styles.

=__History and Nature__= Classical music is known for the improvised music notation in the performance, since every music score has written technical instructions for performing. However, this does not mean that all piano techniques can be written on the music score for performer to follow since all musician is suppose to perform the way they feel when they are on the stage. A suggested tempo and dynamics may be written on the music score for reference, however, it all depends on the performer whether or not he/she feels the way it should be. This depends on their past experience or performances and the muscial education they have received from their instructor and the knowledge they gained throughout the years of performances. Therefore, improvisation is the key when it comes to classical music. "Cadenza" is a type of technique often used during the performance of classical music and usually depending on the improvisation of the musician. When it comes to the performance of classical music, it usually takes place in a quiet, serious atmosphere where the audience are expected to sit down and quietly listen to the performance enjoying the mood and relaxation. Every musician has their way of performing their pieces, whether it is imitation of other performers or a style they have established on their own. This is the reason why mostly classical music performers earn a high reputation for their performance. Classical music are usually sections built together to become a piece of art work, usually work as variations and development in the middle. Musicians must be fairly emotional when they are performing classical music because there are certain depth in this type of music and performers must be emotionally involved in order to understand the original idea of the music score.
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=__Examples of Musicians that existed during the Classical Period__= Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 - 1827) One famous work: Choral Fantasy for piano

Chopin, Frederic (1810 - 1849) One famous work: Revolutionary Etude

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756 - 1791) One famous work: the operas Nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni

Shubert, Franz (1797-1828) One famous work: Ave Maria

=References:= Text: 1. "Classical Music." Wikipedia. 1 Dec. 2006. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 8 Dec. 2006 

Pictures: Beethoven: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/%7Emn200/music/beethoven/beethoven.jpeg Chopin: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mn200/music/chopin/chopin-bigger.jpg Mozart: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mn200/music/mozart/mozart.gif Schubert: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Franz_Schubert.jpg