There were several actually. Bartok expanded the timbres of the orchestra by introducing new playing techniques such as snap pizzacato on the strings. Prokofiev introduced his philosophy that the piano was a percussive instrument. Shostakovich experimented with new dissonant harmonies and using the extremes of the instruments' ranges and dynamics. Schoenberg came along with his twelve-tone row theory, which paved the way for atonal composition. Stravinsky's Rite of Spring was partially based on these principles, and it was so far-fetched that it caused a riot at its premiere. Webern established the Second Viennese school and took the concept of atonality even farther. Finally, John Cage and other contemporaries started experiementing at the fringes of contemporary music, which included using fishing string to play the strings on a piano and other bizarre techniques.
The leading classical composers in French music include Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven. Other obvious choices for classical composers include Verdi and Wagner.
...Romantic Period of classical music.
The 20th century is the most diverse classical music period.
C) The Romantic Period
The period in which composers like Domenico Scarlatti and Baldassare Galuppi were active.
The leading classical composers in French music include Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven. Other obvious choices for classical composers include Verdi and Wagner.
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...Romantic Period of classical music.
There were many composers in the Classical Period. Some of the more famous ones include Franz Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beetoven.
The 20th century is the most diverse classical music period.
C) The Romantic Period
The sonata is a musical form which achieved formal development during the Classical period. As such, composers continue to this day using that form. A very few names of composers who wrote in that form are Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn (during the Classical period - 1750-1810) and later during the Romantic period - Brahms, and during the 20th century, Paul Hindemith.
The period in which composers like Domenico Scarlatti and Baldassare Galuppi were active.
Beethoven
The modern orchestra was first introduced during the classical period. Classical composers developed the genres of symphony and classical concerto (solo instrument and orchestra). Among the pioneer classical composers stand F. J. Haydn and W. A. Mozart.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) and George Frederic Handel (1685-1759) were popular composers during the very late Baroque and during the early "pre-classical" or Rococo Period (c.1730 to 1760).
The common practice period, which lasted from the Baroque to the Romantic era, was significant in the development of Western classical music because it established a set of rules and conventions that composers followed. This period standardized musical forms, harmony, and tonality, leading to the creation of masterpieces that are still celebrated today.