|
|
| A piece designed to divert, amuse and entertain |
|
| Who was the emperor during Vienna’s Golden Years? |
|
|
| “inventions” during the Enlightenment? |
|
-Coffee House
-Salon
-Public Concert
-Rococo Paintings
-Pursuit of Happiness
-Novel |
|
| Style features of Classical Music? |
|
| Natural, pleasing variety. |
|
| What about Rhythm, Dynamics, Tone Color, Melody, Texture and Counterpoint changed in classical music? |
|
Rhythm – pleasing variety reigned supreme; tempo and meter remained constant but the rhythms of the themes tend to differ – contrasts!
Dynamics – More specific, more flexibility and variety
Tone Colour: Emergence of the classical orchestra – woodwinds, brass, percussion, piano
Melody: Simple and clear, un complicated, singable melodies w clear phrases – tunes
Texture – primarily homophony
Classical Counterpoint: more delicate, unobtrusive – to create tension |
|
| Themes in classical music tend to be _________. Themes are ____ ____ and ________ _____ distinctively. |
|
| …repeated… led into… closed off… |
|
| Most important Classical Forms? |
|
| Sonata, minuet, rondo, and theme and variations. |
|
Classical Symphony Movements:
Opening –
2nd-
3rd-
4th- |
|
1st – Sonata, fast-moderate tempo
2nd – any form, slow-very slow temp
3rd- Minuet with trio, moderate tempo
4th-Sonata or rondo, Fast-very fast |
|
|
|
A – Exposition
– First Theme in tonic key – memorable tune
– Bridge/Transition – Modulation – dynamic forward movement
– Second Group – new themes that contrast with the first theme in melody, dynamics etc. as well as in key. One theme may stand out as the “second theme”
– Cadence theme – makes a solid ending prior to full stop and the big repeat; repeated cadences.
B – Development
Contrasting themes and ideas; use of counterpoint, modulations
– Retransition – returns to first key
A’ – Recapitulation
Repeats everything, may be minor changes but everything is in tonic key. Bridge must be rewritten.
Coda – Optional |
|
| Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, First Movement |
|
Sonata Form
Opening texture is melody with a strictly homophonic accompaniment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozard |
|
|
|
| Creating many contrasting moods with the same theme. In classical variation, the variations are on short tunes in the upper register. |
|
| The true musical musical representative of the Enlightenment |
|
|
| Symphony No. 95 in C minor, third movement |
|
by Franz Joseph Haydn
Minuetto
Cello solo |
|
|
|
| a piece for three instruments or singers or the 2nd or B section of a minuet movement, scherzo etc. |
|
| classical dance form is aka |
|
|
| Symphony No. 95 in C Minor, Fourth Movement |
|
|
|
|
| a musical form consistening of one main theme or tune alternating with other themes or sections ABACA, ABACABA |
|