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Classical period (music)

  • Classical period (music)In 1750, the death of Johann Sebastian Bach marked a turning point in European music. Composers began to move away from the dense polyphony that defined the…
  • Mannheim schoolThe courtyard of the palace at Mannheim stood silent in 1720 when Elector Charles III Philip moved his court from Heidelberg to this new city.
  • Transition from Classical to Romantic musicIn the 1760s, a group of young intellectuals gathered in Germany to challenge the calm logic of the Enlightenment. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe stood at the…