This way of balancing question and answer phrases is typical of Classical composers ... Again, this is typical writing of the period.

The string quartet became very popular in the Classical period and all of the main composers, including Mozart, wrote music for such an ensemble. A string quartet is made up of two violins ...

The Romantic period started around 1830 and ended around 1900 ... The Romantic era is known for its intense energy and passion. The rigid forms of classical music gave way to greater expression, and ...

Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s to early 1990s, which includes modernist, postmodern, neoromantic, and pluralist music. However, ...