Classical period

Music is often labelled a “universal language,” and according to the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, there is a good reason for that.

It was during the Classical period that the piano's popularity grew among composers and audiences alike. But how did it happen?

A brief history of classical music periods. Get to know the different periods of classical music and the key composers during the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and 20th Century Period.

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Portrait of Hanna Klinkosch (1849–1925), from 1890 Princess von Liechtenstein by marriage (1875) by Hans Makart, an object of LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vaduz–Vienna

Considered a popular image of the French military leader since 1801, five exact versions of this painting were made by his loyal servant Jacques-Louis David till 1805. But, what is the real story behind the image of Napoleon?

From Brahms to Tchaikovsky, here's a curated list of composers whose music has shaped the classical canon.

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American Revolution (1775–83), insurrection by which 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies won political independence and went on to form the United States of America. The war followed more than a decade of growing estrangement between the British crown and many North American colonists.

William Powell Frith 1819-1909 Engeland