Handel and audience | Howard Goodall’s Story of Music
By 1750 a new phenomenon had been introduced to music in the form of an audience. Before then, music performances would have existed for the whims of royalty or religion.
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Beethoven's ''Eroica'' | Howard Goodall's Story of Music
''Eroica'' was the first sign that Beethoven was breaking away from established musical formulas.
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Joseph Haydn | Howard Goodall's Story of Music
Haydn was notably supportive of his younger contemporaries, like Mozart who was a close friend and Beethoven who was a pupil.