How important was individuality to the composers of the Clas

The Classical period and the emergence of the galant style, brought with them a much greater interest in public displays of music than had previously been prevalent. It is therefore likely that this was one reas

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Less complicated (more homophonic) textures than in the Baroque period also allowed more scope for composers of the time to experiment with style and so take a more individual approach. This use of wit is again an individual aspect of his compositions. on behind composers striving for a more individual style. Monothematicism (based on a single theme) is the underlying base of these pieces, an example of this is having the tonic note follow the dominant so enforcing the perfect cadence (such as in Op. It began with one of Haydn’s early patrons, Baron von Fürnberg (a cellist), commissioning music for his three friends two of who played the violin and one the viola, and from this:

“Haydn's earliest divertimento-like works (violin-dominated, the other instruments providing simple accompaniment) soon circulated around the continent, forging his early reputation”

Haydn also established the string quartet’s four-movement form. There was more focus on melody, sharp contrasts, contrasting phrasing within movements, and antecedent and consequent phrases. Bach’s writing, and so in this sense cannot be seen as truly individual. The fact that many of his techniques can be found in the works of Mozart and other composers shows that his writing was indeed original and important. The first movement usually in sonata form played fast, the second slow, the third would have been a minuet and evolved into the scherzo, and the fourth would be rapid and concluding. There is a definite sense of compositional progression from the Op. 50 quartets were the first set he had published in five years, since the Op.

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