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The University of Memphis presented "Randal Rushing, tenor, and John David Peterson, piano". At the concert, I heard something that I really never heard before. It was classical music. I really did not fully understand what these words meant, classical music. I looked this up and it told me that classical music was music composed between c.1750 and 1820, whose style was illustrated by emotional restraint, the dominance of homophonic melodies, and clear structures and forms underlying the music. The classical period saw the development of forms such as concerto, sonata, symphony and string quartet, and the piano replace the harpsichord as the most popular keyboard instrument. The greatest classical composers of this period were Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert.
I did like the performance. It was an outstanding performance that opened my ears to something new. It was great to finally witness such music in person. This to me, I believe takes great talent. Twenty-four......

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