The music of the composers of the Vienna Classical School has many different artistic characteristics:

1. They established the dominant position of the main harmony style in their works, and at the same time They also creatively use polyphonic counterpoint techniques;

2. Their creations emphasize the dominance of reason and emotion, and the relationship between the two tends to be unified and balanced;

3. Their music is both They are broad-minded, imaginative, logically rigorous, and rigorous in form;

4. Their works are rich in content, often tragic and comic, serious and humorous;

5. They strive for excellence in their creative skills and reach unprecedented heights, while at the same time honing their accessible musical language. All this has made their music popular with a wide audience.

Artistic techniques and creative achievements. Composers of the Viennese Classical School put the role of tunes first. Tunes with certain ideological, emotional or artistic image characteristics constitute the musical theme of the work. Structurally, this theme is often a complete section that can be internally divided into phrases, sections and motives, and is organically linked to the comprehensive folk songs and dances of Germany and Austria.

Motivation, the smallest structural unit, is often the core of the theme and the seed of expression, and it often contains contrasting factors rich in potential motivation.

A major contribution of Vienna Classical composers (especially Haydn and Beethoven) in composition techniques was the creation of the development method of motivation development, that is, splitting out the core motivation of the music theme and using Methods such as molding, imitation, changing speed, changing rhythm, changing tonality, changing harmony, changing texture, etc. can enhance or change its characteristics, break the stable and balanced state, and create a development trend.

Due to the distinctive personality of the motivation itself, people can recognize it auditoryly even in the most complex and intense changes. This opens up new ways for music (especially purely instrumental music) to express content.

Main Composers

The most famous composers of this period were Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert; other notable names include Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Christian Bach, Luigi Boccherini, Domenico Chimarosa, Muzzi O Clementi, Christoph Willibald Gluck;

Andre Grétry, Pierre-Alexander Monzant, Mozart, Giovanni Pai Cherreau, Fran?ois-André Denigan Philidore, Niccolò Piccolo, Antonio Salieri, Mauro Giuliani, Christian Canabic and Knight of St. George. Beethoven is considered a Romantic composer or a classical period composer and he was part of the transition to the Romantic era.

Schubert is also a transitional figure, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Luigi Cherubini, Gaspare Spontini, Gioacchino Rossi So did Niccolò, Carl Maria von Weber, Jan Ladislav Dusek, and Niccolò Paganini.

This period is sometimes called the Age of Viennese Classicism (German: Wiener Klassik) because Gluck, Haydn, Salieri, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert all worked in Vienna .

Reference for the above content? Baidu Encyclopedia-Viennese Classical Music