The Viennese Classics is how this era is often called, after its capital. Three titans created here: Joseph Haydn — the “father of the symphony” (104 symphonies, 68 string quartets); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — a genius who in 35 years of life composed over 600 works; Ludwig van Beethoven — a mystic bridging Classicism and Romanticism.
Principal achievements: sonata form (three sections — exposition, development, recapitulation), the symphony (four movements), the string quartet, and the piano concerto. The music is transparent, balanced, every phrase logical. The Ukrainian composer Dmytro Bortniansky created in Mozart's lifetime his own version of Classicism — sacred a cappella choral concertos.
