Music for ensemble

During the Classical period, Joseph Haydn composed music for many string quartets. Like his symphonies, they display many features that are integral to Classical era. These were then developed further by composers such as Mozart and Beethoven.

Stephen Schwartz composed Defying Gravity for the musical Wicked that opened in 2003. It is a vocal duet between two witches and is one of the biggest songs of the musical, finishing the first act.

Created at the end of the 19th century, blues music is a style of music that is heavily influence by African American history. The original blues music evolved and grew into jazz from the 1920s.

Naughty is a song from the musical Matilda written by Dennis Kelly with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin. The musical is based on Roald Dahl’s book of the same name as the musical.