Classical period (music)

genre of Western music (c. 1730–1820)

composers of the Classical period in Western art music in late-18th-century Vienna: Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven (Franz Schubert is occasionally added to the list)

In music, an intermezzo (, , plural form: intermezzi), in the most general sense, is a composition which fits between other musical or dramatic entities, such as acts of a play or movements of a larger musical work. In music history, the term has had several different usages, which fit into two general categories: the opera intermezzo and the instrumental intermezzo.

composer group

music genre

Sinfonia (; plural sinfonie) is the Italian word for symphony, from the Latin symphonia, in turn derived from Ancient Greek συμφωνία symphōnia (agreement or concord of sound), from the prefix σύν (together) and Φωνή (sound). In English it most commonly refers to a 17th- or 18th-century orchestral piece used as an introduction, interlude, or postlude to an opera, oratorio, cantata, or suite. The word is also found in other Romance languages such as Spanish or Portuguese. In the Middle Ages down to as late as 1588, it was also the Italian name for the hurdy-gurdy.

thumb|upright=1.5|Sheet music for Carl Michael Bellman's [[Fredman's Epistle 80, Liksom en Herdinna, högtids klädd, one of several pastorales in the 1790 collection]] Pastorale refers to something of a pastoral nature in music, whether in form or in mood.

style of musical composition developed in 18th-century Germany

West European impressionism of various Turkish styles used during the Classical music period

musical performance practice

thumb|right|500px|A simple partimento with figures to teach beginners. (Fenaroli Partimento No. 1, Book 1, Gj1301) thumb|right|500px| A partimento fugue for more advanced students. As students progressed, partimenti became unfigured. (Fenaroli Partimento Fugue 8, Book 5, Gj1418)