From the mid-18th to the early 19th century, the Classical period emerged as the era in which the aesthetics of balance, clarity and structural proportion became most fully realized in Western classical music. With the spread of Enlightenment thought and the rise of the bourgeois class, music expanded beyond courts and churches into public concert … Continue reading Western Music History ⑤ Classical Music (1750–1820) | Balance, Clarity, and the Logic of Form