Mozart exemplified the Viennese Classical styles of elegance, balance, and sophistication. Through this he exemplified and expanded all Classical styles, such as the sonata form and the double-exposition sonata (which gave the new material). He was able to be contrapuntal yet homoerotic at the same time. He frequently used symmetry in his phrasing, Like four-measure phrases, for example. He composed both dynamically and chromatically. He expanded the use of wind Instruments In the orchestra. He was also the opera man, and contributed to the following three types: opera series (serious), opera buffo (Italian comedies), and
Singles (German comedies). He not only focused on the music, but used It to create lifelike characters. To give more power to the plot, recitative cosec was used to keep the plot rolling. His arias often had multiple moods through sectional forms, and vocal lyricism was included in instrumental writing. Beethoven was the first person to cherish cyclical structure. His compelling themes are still memorable today, such as the short-short-short-long theme from Symphony N . 5, and Ode to Joy, in Symphony N. 9. It took him lots of time to compose his music as e was constantly revising his music.
His dynamics were very wide ranged. He influenced many people by starting new trends. He added new instruments to the orchestra, like the piccolo, trombone and contrabass. Whenever new advances to the piano came out, he used them, like expanded range and new pedals. He developed many classical forms, such as the sonata form, string quartet, concerto, and so on. He replaced the Minuet and Trio with the new vibrant Scherzo and Trio.