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A 10 page research paper that contrasts and compares the classical styles of Haydn and Mozart and discusses the influence that they had over each other. The writer specifically addresses several categories of their music, which includes symphonies, piano sonatas, and concertos. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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history terms the period from circa 1775 to 1825 the "classical period" (Machlis, 1970). Rosen (1971) points out that the term "style," when applied to music, can be very fluid,
with a variety of legitimate meanings. However, for the purposes of definition, a style may be described as "a way of exploiting and focusing a language, which then becomes
a dialect or language in its own right," and it is this focus that makes it possible to speak of a composer or musician having a "style" in his own
right (Rosen, 1971, p. 20). Mozart worked in the against the backdrop of the general style of his era, which, necessarily specifically placed him in relation to Haydn (Rosen, 1971).
Haydns Music - in general Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) had a career that played the important role of aiding the process of perfecting the new instrumental languages of the eighteenth
century, "a language based on the dynamic development of themes and motives" (Machlis, 1970, p. 200). With Haydn, the classical "language" of music reached its maturity for the
first time in his "tense, highly personal style with its angular themes and nervous rhythms" (p. 200). Furthermore, Haydns music is generally characterized by its expressive harmony, logic, and seemingly
endlessly variety of moods (Machlis, 1970). Mozarts Music - in general Machlis (1970) comments that there is something of the "miraculous" that "hovers" about the music of Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart (1756-1791). His "beauty of sound and perfection of style," the "poignancy and grace" of his musical expression, "defy analysis and beggar description" (Machlis, 1970, p. 205). Yet, his music
is also characterized by its deceptive simplicity, as Mozart had the ability to make the most complex operations of music appear effortless (Machlis, 1970). Like Haydn, in chamber music, he
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