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Greats of the Classical Period |
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Years of the Classical Period |
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fascination with ancient ideas of Greeks and Romans |
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What classifies the Classical Period? |
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Vienna; Viennese Classical style |
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Center for Classical Music? |
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Enlightenment
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democracy and equality
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What did the classical era coincide with? |
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Capital of Holy Roman Empire
administrative center for W. Europe
many aristocrats and nobles travelled here
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Why is Vienna important during the Classical Era? |
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sonata form
theme and variations
minuet and trio
rondo or sonata or ternary
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How is the symphony organized and how many movements does it have? |
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exposition : expose themes (A, bridge, B)
development: varies the themes, creativty and drama
recapitulation:
coda: closing section
Dramatic conflict and resolution
only form invented in this period; it is the most involved form
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involves many rapid patterns to get to theme B or theme 2 |
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describe the bridge of sonata form |
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2nd movement of symphony and sonata
based on folk songs, patriotic melodies;
songs everyone will know
the melody is most often altered
usually lyrical and tender
****Introduced by Haydn
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3rd movement in symphony
in ternary form (A,B,A)
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scherzo — “joke” in Italian |
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what did Beethoven use for the third movements of his symphonies instead of minuet and trio? |
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can be 4th movement of the symphony
very fast
ABACAD; always returns to “A” or the main theme
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how many movements does a sonata have? |
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performed by solo keyboard or instrument
3 movements fast-slow-fast
used to provide students with material they might use to study or to enjoy
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ternary or sonata
theme and variation
rondo
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instrument most associated the the sonata is |
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there are no . . . for piano during the Classical Period |
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instruments of string quartet |
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what type of music is string quartet |
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most important genre of chamber music during this time |
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Haydn is the father of the. . . |
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small audience or small group
amateurs and professionals
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string quartets are written for whom |
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# of movements in a string quartet |
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Did all three greats of this Period write String Quartets? |
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public concerts were popular so the size of the symphony grew with concert attendance |
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why did the symphony grow? |
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how many movements does a concerto have? |
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piano and violin
piano as the most popular
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what are the instuments of the concerto? |
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double exposition form
the themes are exposed by the soloist and orchestra
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what is the first movement of a Concerto? |
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cadenza — the orchestra stops and the theme is improvisation by the soloist |
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what is near the end of the first movement of a Concerto? |
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moves from serious opera to opera buffa (comic) |
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what is the difference between opera in the Renaissance and Classical Eras? |
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Don Juan is dragged to hell by a man he killed
Mozart
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wrote 104 symphonies
father of the string quartet
successful under the patronage system, ordered
had his own orchestra at Esterhazy palace
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child prodegy
composer at age 6, travelled to London @ 8 with sister
died in mid 30’s
not successful under patronage system
more than 650 compositions
had Kochel numbers to classify compositions
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bridge between the classical and romantic
wrote 9 symphonies
wrote piano concertos and chamber music
went deaf later in life
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manufacturing went up during Classical
common in homes
played louder during this time
@ first had a wooden frame and had lighter sound
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piano history during the Classical |
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