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  2. Italian classical music - Wikipedia

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    The term "classical" is appropriate for this period of music in that it marks the standardization of musical forms such as the symphony and concerto. Thus the term "classical" is used in the Renaissance sense of classical Greek philosophy—Platonic form, the idea that things such as beauty exist eternally as ideals, and that the artist's job ...

  3. Music of Italy - Wikipedia

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    Recorded popular music began in the late 19th century, with international styles influencing Italian music by the late 1910s; however, the rise of autarchia, the Fascist policy of cultural isolationism in 1922 led to a retreat from international popular music. During this period, popular Italian musicians traveled abroad and learned elements of ...

  4. Chronological list of Italian classical composers - Wikipedia

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    Tableau of Italian composers, c. 1790, by Pietro Bettelini (1763–1829) This is a chronological list of classical music composers from Italy, whose notability is established by reliable sources in other Wikipedia articles.

  5. Music history of Italy - Wikipedia

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    Important Italian composers in this century are: Domenico Scarlatti, Benedetto Marcello, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Niccolò Piccinni, Giovanni Paisiello, Luigi Boccherini, Domenico Cimarosa, and Luigi Cherubini. It is also the age in which Italian music became international, so to speak, with many Italian composers beginning to work abroad.

  6. Classical period (music) - Wikipedia

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    The Classical Period was an era of classical music between roughly 1750 and 1820. [1]The classical period falls between the Baroque and Romantic periods. [2] Classical music has a lighter, clearer texture than Baroque music but a more varying use of musical form, which is, in simpler terms, the rhythm and organization of any given piece of music.

  7. List of Italian composers - Wikipedia

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    Giovanni Viotti (1755–1824), Classical era violin teacher whose music was later praised by Brahms; Carlo Virzì (born 1972) Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632–1692) Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663–1745) Franco Vittadini (1884–1948) Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741), wrote over 600 concerti, including The Four Seasons; Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani ...

  8. Antonio Vivaldi - Wikipedia

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    Antonio Lucio Vivaldi [n 2] (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. [4] Along with Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel, Vivaldi ranks amongst the greatest Baroque composers and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe, giving origin to many imitators and admirers.

  9. Category:Italian classical musicians - Wikipedia

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    Italian classical composers (19 C, 120 P) Italian contemporary classical musicians (1 C) O. Italian opera singers (10 C, 58 P)