A rising middle class was influential in the expansion of music in this time period.

The goal of all artists was to charm, delight and entertain during this era
A rising middle class was influential in the expansion of music in this time period.
In society, they were literate and independent.
With their ability to support the new market for writers, artists, and musicians public concerts increased.Composers were now free to reflect the feelings of the general public.
“Music was supposed to meet the listener at his level, and not make him have to make an effort to understand it. For this reason, composers valued simplicity over complexity, and tried to please without using excessive emotion”.
Vienna, Austria was the center for Opera in the German-speaking world, which attracted pianist-composers such as Mozart.
His keen insights into human nature were added to his operatic compositions.
Mozart transformed every genre in which he composed, with”his luminous beauty of sound”
“The composers of this time adopted a less elaborate type of music and hoped that it would be simple, expressive and natural feeling”.Comments? Thank you.

Gail Gregory

Benton,J. & DiYanni,R.(2005)ARTS and CULTURE.Upper Saddle River,N.J.Prentice Hall.
http://library.thinkquest.org/27110/noframes/periods/classical.html

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While composing music or any art item, artist’s’ intentions is usually to express their views. As a result of this, they have to be as simple as possible to enable the listeners of their music or viewers of their pieces of art to understand their views (Greenberg, 1961). Many artists use things that people know are accustomed with. This ensures that people easily relate their lives with the items used in the artistry work therefore understanding the viewers and listeners of their artistic work……………………….

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