1. The Classical Era

2. Vienna Austria
Vienna’s location in the south of Austria is centrally located in Europe and it’s close proximity to Italy, creates a melting pot of Italian and German musical ideas0

3. King Ferdinand
-the King of Austria is a huge music fan. He decides to make Vienna the most musical city in Europe. One of his court composers jobs was to teach him piano lessons. He invests money to build …

4. Opera Houses

6. Music Schools
Music Schools

7. Attract the best musicians, composers and conductors to Vienna

8. Classicism is..
- greatly influenced by Newton’s Laws of Physics. Logic, rules, structure, proportion and balance. Composing music becomes very formulaic.
-An emphasis on grace and beauty of melody and form; proportion and balance, moderation, control; polished and elegant in character with expressiveness and formal structure held in perfect balance.

9. Popular Styles -Operas are very popular with the public
-The Four Movement Symphony
1st a fast movement in sonata form,
2nd, a slow movement,
3rd either a minuet and trio or a ternary dance-like (scherzo) movement in "simple triple" metre,
The 4th a fast, in rondo or sonata form.
Very popular with composers
-Operas are very popular with the public

10. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

11. Child Prodigy

13. Unbelieveable Body of Work
Over 600 compositions
Over 40 Symphonies
Dozens f Operas
Countless other pieces
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14. And so the story goes…
Antonio Salieri

16. Mozart