COMPOSERS

PERIOD		COMPOSER		WORKS & MASTERPIECES
1730-1760	CLASSICAL TRANSITION	CHRISTOP W. GLUCK		Gluck composed operas, ballets, vocal and instrmental music.
		ANTONIO SALIERI		Salieri composed operas, sacred music and instrumental music.
1750-1775	FIRST VIENNESE SCHOOL	F. JOSEP HAYDN		Haydn composed symphonies, concertos, operas, piano trios, string quartets, masses... - Trumpet concerto in E flat Major (allegro)
1775-1790		WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART		Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. He showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. He composed in many genres: symphonies, concertos (for piano, violin, horn, woodwind...), piano music, chamber music (string quartets, string quintets...), serenades, divertimentos, sacred music, operas... - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1st movement) - Turkish Rondo (alla turca) - The Queen of the Night (Aria)
1790-1820		LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN		Beethoven's compositional career is usually divided into Early, Middle, and Late periods. In his Early period, Beethoven's work was strongly influenced by his predecessors Haydn and Mozart, but he also explored new directions. From the Early period are pieces as the first and second symphonies, the set of six string quartets, the first two piano concertos, and the first dozen or so piano sonatas, including the famous Pathétique sonata. - Für Elise - Pathetique sonata (adagio)