Classical Period

appealed to the middle class; plots characterized not only the commoners but also the higher class

Galant: sentimental, surprising turns of harmonies and chromaticism

Most important instrumental music genre that started to develop during the classical period. Included four movements.

Pietro Metastasio was the leading musical composer of opera in this period

Johann Stamitz wrote Wrote a treatise called The Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments