Name: Classical Music PeriodDates: 1750-1820Country: EuropeFacts:• Europeans began to look back

and copy ideas from Ancient Greece.

• People liked to go see comedic (funny) operas.

Music:• Characteristics of classical

music include balance, grace, melody, and form.

• Music used more variety (fast and slow, loud and quiet).

Name: Joseph HaydnDates: 1732-1809Country: AustriaFacts:• Haydn worked for a royal

family.• He was a good singer and

sang at his churchMusic:• Haydn wrote many

symphonies and people called him, “The Father of the Symphony”

• Haydn liked to write musical jokes.

Name: Wolfgang Amadeus MozartDates: 1756-1791Country: AustriaFacts:• Mozart wrote and performed music

when he was your age. He wrote his first opera at the age of 12.

• He was very famous during his lifetime.

• Mozart was writing a Requiem Mass, a church service for the dead, when he died. He left it unfinished.

Music• Mozart’s music follows strict forms.• Mozart wrote many different kinds

of music, including operas, symphonies, solo and piano music.

Name: Christoph Willibald GluckDates: 1714-1787Country: Germany/AustriaFacts:• He worked mainly in France

and Austria.• He visited England and was

influenced by Handel’s music.Music:• In Gluck’s operas, the words

and the music were equally as important.

• He wrote music in French, German, Italian and English