Franz Joseph Haydn was born on March 31st, 1732, in Rohrau, Austria near Hungary. His father, Mathias Haydn, was a wagoner and a sexton at his parish and his mother, Elizabeth, was a simple and humble woman. During the evening Mathias would play the harp, and Elizabeth would sing to their children...

Haydn was one of the two outstanding composers of the late 18th century. He, along with Mozart, represented the Classic period by using the musical language of the time and creating works of unsurpassed perfection. Haydn experienced some hardship as a young boy. He was largely self-taught as a musi...

"Not only did I have the encouragement of constant approval, but as the conductor of the orchestra I could experiment, find out what made a good effect and what weakened it, so I was free to alter, improve, add or omit and be as bold as I pleased. Cut off from the rest of the world I had no one to...

In order to assess how important individuality was to composers of the Classical period the question of what exactly individuality is must first be tackled. It can be defined as "the aggregate of qualities and characteristics that distinguish one person or thing from others" and in a mus...

Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany, and was baptized on December 17, 1770. There is no record of his actual birth date. He came from a family of musicians. His father and grandfather worked for the Elector of Cologne. Beethoven's grandfather, Lodewyk van Beethoven came from Belgium...

Ludwig van Beethoven was, and remains today, an influential figure in the history of classical music. Perhaps no other composer in history wrote music of such inspiring power and expressiveness. His influence on the last 150 years of music is unequalled. Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany in 1770...

Julien Rouleau "The classical period produced more instrumental than vocal music, a wealth of serious and comic operas as well as vocal religious music also appeared during this time"(Ferris, 231). One of the best composer of this time was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart....