INSTRUMENTS IN THE CLASSICAL PERIOD
The instruments of the Classical Period were constantly changing and evolving.
There're two main developments that are to be pointed out:
The piano.
The piano replaced graduallythe harpsichord because of its ability to play much more softly and subtly.
Enlargement of the orchestra.
The second major development in sound was the expansion of the orchestra.
With huge numbers of symphonies now being composed, the orchestra started to resemble the orchestras we can see in concer halls today.
The French horn now takes on more importance.
Haydn, Mozart, Beeth oven,Rossini,Paganini and many more, all wrote stunning works for the orchestra.
But it was Beethoven who really stretched the Classsical mould and laid the groundwork for the following period- the Romantic.
His symphonies especially grew to mammoth proportions.
Have a listen to the "Fith Symphony",composed between 1804-1808.
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