Symphony No. 8 (Beethoven)
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The Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93, is a symphony in four movements composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1812 and his penultimate and shortest symphony. Beethoven fondly referred to it as "my little
A sketch for Symphony No. 8 from the Stiftelsen Musikkulturens Främjande
Classical period (music)
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The Classical period was an era of classical music between roughly 1750 and 1820.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a representative composer of the Classical period, seated at a keyboard
A modern string quartet. In the 2000s, string quartets from the Classical era are the core of the chamber music literature. From left to right: violin 1, violin 2, cello, viola.
Gluck, detail of Portrait of Christoph Willibald Gluck by Joseph Duplessis, dated 1775 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)
Haydn portrait by Thomas Hardy, 1792