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Classical Era
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- 1750-1825
- emphasis on basic form, balance, and restraint, absolute music
- regular rhythms and meter/homophonic texture/ singable/ folk elements
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| not trying to describe anything |
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a large work for orchestras
usually 3-4 movements
fast-slow-[triple meter dance]-fast |
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a solo passage in the manner of imporvisation
"show off piece" |
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-musical form
-first section recurs (as last movement) |
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Multimovement Cycle
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-3 or 4 movement structure of instrumental music
- Allegro/ Lyrical andante- dancelike/ allegro- vivace |
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Sonata-Allegro Form
-3 basic elements |
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-Exposition: expresses the 2 themes
-Development: changes thematic idea slightly
-Recapitulation: recap of original themes in original key |
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(German)--> Vienna
Ø patronage
young prodigy
sold music
deaf
9 symphonies |
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(Austria)--> Vienna
choir boy (got education)
court composer for Esterhazy family
104+ symphonies
**father of symphony, string quartet, piano/keybpard music |
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(Austria)--> Vienna
Ø patronage
child prodigy- age 8
wrote music by ear
complicated personality
ability to change keys |
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instrumental genre in 3 movements
fast-slow-fast |
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Romantic Period
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-1820-1900
-emphasis on feeling and expression
Trends:
-Nationalism
-Folklore
-Exoticism
-Programmatic Music |
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| music sounds like country its from |
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| stories passed down from family |
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Programmatic Music
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depicting something specific
(imagergy through intrumentals)
-pictorial association
-Symphonie Fantastique
-Moldau
-Picture in and Exposition |
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art song
based on poems written by other people
-vocal song with paino accompaniment |
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Strophic Lied
-modified strophic |
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-repeating melody for ever verse of the text
modified: same melody for all verses minus the last |
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| melody changes through the poem |
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| one movement programmatic work for orchestras |
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(German) --> Vienna
-"romantic classicist"
traditional structure + romantic harmonic language
-absolute music (not programmatic) |
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-master of Italian Opera style
-supported Italian independence
-Expressive/ emotional music
-lost wife&kids at early age, stopped writing for a while |
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Richard Wagner
-Leitmotif |
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-German Opera Master
-Self-taught (held independent ideas of operas)
-continuous music; elaborate
-Leit motif: used orchestra to tell story/ represent something |
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Ein Kleine Nachtmusik, Mvt. 1
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-Mozart
-String Quartet
-Classical |
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Symphony 100 Mvt. 2 Military
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-Haydn
-Symphony
-Classical |
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Symphony 100 Mvt. 2 Military
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theme: three beats
instrumental |
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Moonlight Sonata
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-Beethoven
-piano sonata
-Classical |
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Moonlight Sonata
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Erlking
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-Schubert
-Lied
-Romantic |
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The Moldau
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-Smetena
-Symphonic poem
-Romantic |
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piano
german male soloist |
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The Moldau
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Flowing/ river imagery
grows in intensity w/ fluidity
instrumental |
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