Classical Music:One important feature of classical music is that it has traditionally excluded non-musical elements such as words, pictures, or actions; as such, classical music seeks to evoke human emotion purely through musical elements. Through the use of multiple instruments, complicated scores and arrangements, and layered harmonies, classical composers instead...

Mozart (1756-1791) and Beethoven (1770-1827) gifted the world with hundreds of works that played a key role in making the “Classical Period” one of the greatest periods in the history of music – even though Beethoven is often acclaimed as a great Romantic composer. Born in Salzburg, Austria, Mozart was...