Typically three or four movements. In a four movement composition, the order could look like this:
# allegro # adagio or some other slower style # minuet or scherzo # rondo or allegro
fast, slow, minuet or scherzo, fast
violins, cello, base, flute, tympan, french horn, oboe, triangle
Romantic. The answer given doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of the Symphony's complexity. It is both Classical and Romantic. It maintains some of the Classical disciplines that dictate how one may compose a symphony, but it also abandons some of these disciplines and pushes the boundaries greatly on the Classical Style and intent so that Beethoven is better able to express his innermost feelings.
Early classical to today!
4 usually.
Yes, it is. Lots of classical music is played by a symphony orchestra. There are thousands upon thousands of classical orchestral works - too many to list here.
violins, cello, base, flute, tympan, french horn, oboe, triangle
classical
Romantic. The answer given doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of the Symphony's complexity. It is both Classical and Romantic. It maintains some of the Classical disciplines that dictate how one may compose a symphony, but it also abandons some of these disciplines and pushes the boundaries greatly on the Classical Style and intent so that Beethoven is better able to express his innermost feelings.
Specifically using the name "Classical Symphony"? Serge Prokofiev, who wrote it as a tribute to the classical era composers of the past.
Early classical to today!
The 80's
Yes and no, a symphony does have an alto sax sometimes but it is not required for it to have one. It really depends if the symphony is classical, blues, or jazz. Jazz and blues should always have an alto sax. Classical doesn't really need an alto sax, but it does make classical sound better.
symphony
Try Beethoven's 6th Symphony.
4 usually.
Classical
Yes, it is. Lots of classical music is played by a symphony orchestra. There are thousands upon thousands of classical orchestral works - too many to list here.