ludwig van beethoven was the composer who spanned the transition between classical and romantic eras.
who was the composer who spanned the transition between classical and romantic eras?
ludwig van beethoven
german classical music includes works by some of the world's most well-known composers. dieterich buxtehude composed oratorios for organ, which influenced the later work of johann sebastian bach and georg friedrich händel; these men were influential composers of the baroque period. during his tenure as violinist and teacher at the salzburg cathedral, augsburg-born composer leopold mozart mentored one of the most noted musicians of all time: wolfgang amadeus mozart. ludwig van beethoven was a crucial figure in the transition between the classical and romantic eras. carl maria von weber and felix mendelssohn were important in the early romantic period. robert schumann and johannes brahms composed in the romantic idiom. richard wagner was known for his operas. richard strauss was a leading composer of the late romantic and early modern eras. karlheinz stockhausen and hans zimmer are important composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries.
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the following is an incomplete list of classical music festivals, which encapsulates music festivals focused on classical music. classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of western music (both liturgical and secular), and has long been played at festival-like settings. it encompasses a broad span of time from roughly the 11th century to the present day. the major time divisions of classical music are as follows: the early music period, which includes the medieval (500–1400) and the renaissance (1400–1600) era, played at early music festivals; the common practice period, which includes the baroque (1600–1750), classical (1750–1830), and romantic eras (1804–1910), which included opera festivals and choral festivals; and the 20th century (1901–2000) which includes the modern (1890–1930) that overlaps from the late 19th-century, the high modern (mid 20th-century), and contemporary classical music festivals or postmodern (1975–2000) eras, the last of which overlaps into the 21st-century. the term "classical music" did not appear until the early 19th century, in an attempt to distinctly canonize the period from johann sebastian bach to beethoven as a golden age.
list of classical music festivals