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Antonio Salieri
Famous Works: Falstaff, Les Danaïdes, Europa riconosciuta. Stylistic Importance: Influential teacher and composer, connected Italian and Viennese classical traditions, known for operas and church music.
Michael Haydn
Famous Works: Requiem in C minor, Symphony No. 25, Missa Hispanica. Stylistic Importance: Contributed significantly to church music and symphonies, overshadowed by his brother Joseph but respected in his own right.
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Famous Works: Orfeo ed Euridice, Alceste, Armide. Stylistic Importance: Reform of opera by focusing on dramatic coherence, simplification of the music to serve the poetry and drama.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Famous Works: Prussian Sonatas, Hamburg Symphonies, Magnificat. Stylistic Importance: Pivotal figure in development from Baroque to Classical style, emotive and expressive music, influenced the sonata form.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Famous Works: Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 9, Moonlight Sonata. Stylistic Importance: Transition from classical to romantic era, developed the symphony and sonata forms, and added personal expression in music.
Giovanni Paisiello
Famous Works: Il barbiere di Siviglia, Nina, o sia La pazza per amore, La serva padrona. Stylistic Importance: Prominent opera composer, leading figure in comic opera, influenced Rossini and Mozart.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Famous Works: The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, Symphony No. 40. Stylistic Importance: Prolific output, exemplification of Viennese classical style, and significant contributions to symphony, opera, and chamber music.
Ignaz Pleyel
Famous Works: Symphony in C major 'Ben 128', Pleyel's Hymn, String Quartets. Stylistic Importance: Significant composer of symphonies and string quartets, known for tuneful and entertaining works, student of Joseph Haydn.
Joseph Haydn
Famous Works: The Creation, Surprise Symphony, Emperor Quartet. Stylistic Importance: Development of the symphony and string quartet, use of motivic development and wit in music.
Franz Schubert
Famous Works: Ave Maria, Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished', Winterreise. Stylistic Importance: Master of art song or lieder, early romantic tendencies within classical forms, expressive harmony.
Muzio Clementi
Famous Works: Sonatina in C Major, Op. 36 No. 1, Gradus ad Parnassum, Piano Concerto in C. Stylistic Importance: Key figure in piano music development, 'Father of the Piano Sonata', influenced Beethoven's piano writing.
François-Joseph Gossec
Famous Works: Gavotte in D, Symphony in D minor Op. 5, No. 3, Grande Messe des morts (Requiem). Stylistic Importance: Reinvented symphonic forms and religious music in France, pioneer of the symphony and the opera comique in French style.
Leopold Mozart
Famous Works: Trumpet Concerto in D, Toy Symphony, Missa Solemnis in C. Stylistic Importance: Not just the father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, but a respected composer and violinist, known for his sacred music and orchestral works.
Luigi Boccherini
Famous Works: Minuet from String Quintet in E, Op. 11, Cello Concerto in B flat major, Guitar Quintets. Stylistic Importance: Known for elegant chamber music, significant contributions to the development of the string quintet and cello repertoire.
Domenico Cimarosa
Famous Works: Il matrimonio segreto, Il ritorno di Don Calandrino, Oreste. Stylistic Importance: Master of opera buffa, contributed to operatic tradition with a vivacious and melodic style.
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