In common musical forms of the Classical period, such as sonata form, modulations to the dominant, subdominant and relative minor keys are all fairly common in the development section, ie the ...

As the Classical period took over in the mid-1700s and the Baroque era was winding down, a few defining characteristics emerged. Where the music of the Baroque period was ordered, efficient and ...

A period in art and music from around 1600-1750. Composers include Monteverdi, Purcell, Rameau, Bach, Vivaldi and Handel. Basso Continuo (Italian: 'continuous bass'). A form of bass line used in music ...

You’ve heard it all before. Classical music is dead. It’s one of our culture’s most enduring variations on a theme: that classical music is dying, or aging, or rusty or, at the very least ...

Though all music can be documented and experienced in multiple ways—scores, recordings, live performances—one approach to distinguishing musical traditions is to ask which form a given ...

The origins of classical music are rooted in Western Europe, with pieces originally being written for churches and royal courts. Given the genre’s long history, four periods have come to define ...

In common musical forms of the Classical period, such as sonata form, modulations to the dominant, subdominant and relative minor keys are all fairly common in the development section, ie the ...