Classical period

Proper noun

Meaning

Classical period

(music) the musical period of time following the Baroque period and preceding the Romantic period, spanning c.1750-c.1820.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

parthenon Athens classicism High Renaissance

Examples

Apart from her attributes, there seems to be a relative consensus in late sculpture from the Classical period, the 5th century onward, as to what Athena looked like. Source: Internet

However, two- and three-movement sonatas continued to be written throughout the Classical period: Beethoven's opus 102 pair has a two-movement C major sonata and a three-movement D major sonata. Source: Internet

Michele Renee Salzman, "Religious koine and Religious Dissent," in A Companion to Roman Religion (Blackwell, 2007), p. 116. During Rome's Classical period, the body was most often cremated, and the ashes placed in a tomb outside the city walls. Source: Internet

During the Classical period an important public building, the Pompeion, stood inside the walls in the area between the two gates. Source: Internet

Epirus in the Classical period The theater of Dodona with Mt. Tomarus in the background. Source: Internet

Instrumental music was considered important by Classical period composers. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

classical orders classical ottoman turkish classical overlord classical philology classical physics classical planet