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Classical Era
The music in this era was characterized by consonant melodies and harmonies. Symphonies that contained string instruments were the primarily instrumental pieces that became most popular and successful in this era.
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Life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart was a prolific composer and skilled violinist. Beginning At the young age of 6, he started his composing piano sonatas, symphonies, and operas. Unfortunately, he died young due to illness. -
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Life of Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven was most famous for his collection of symphonies, notable his symphony no. 9. He was a teacher, performer, and composer. Towards the end of his life he lost his hearing completely yet he still composed because of his extraordinary gift to hear how harmonies would sound together. -
The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart
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Life of Richard Wagner
Wagner has been the giant of romantic opera. His operas are filled with dissonance as he relates the plot of his story lines to instruments. He also started specific instrumental parts to display the emotions of a character in the story. -
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Romantic Era
The music in this era was categorized by large performing ensembles and featured more of our modern day band instruments such as the horn, clarinet, and the flute. This era explored the dissonance in music. -
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Life of Claude Debussy
Debussy composed towards the end of this era as he explored dissonance in shifting modalities and keys. He wrote mostly piano solos and art song.
