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| A piece designed to divert, amuse and entertain |
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| Who was the emperor during Vienna's Golden Years? |
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| "inventions" during the Enlightenment? |
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-Coffee House
-Salon
-Public Concert
-Rococo Paintings
-Pursuit of Happiness
-Novel |
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| Style features of Classical Music? |
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| Natural, pleasing variety. |
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| What about Rhythm, Dynamics, Tone Color, Melody, Texture and Counterpoint changed in classical music? |
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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 |
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| Themes in classical music tend to be _________. Themes are ____ ____ and ________ _____ distinctively. |
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| ...repeated... led into... closed off... |
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| Most important Classical Forms? |
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| Sonata, minuet, rondo, and theme and variations. |
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Classical Symphony Movements:
Opening -
2nd-
3rd-
4th- |
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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 |
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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 |
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| Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, First Movement |
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Sonata Form
Opening texture is melody with a strictly homophonic accompaniment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozard |
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| Creating many contrasting moods with the same theme. In classical variation, the variations are on short tunes in the upper register. |
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| The true musical musical representative of the Enlightenment |
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| Symphony No. 95 in C minor, third movement |
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by Franz Joseph Haydn
Minuetto
Cello solo |
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| a piece for three instruments or singers or the 2nd or B section of a minuet movement, scherzo etc. |
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| classical dance form is aka |
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| Symphony No. 95 in C Minor, Fourth Movement |
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| a musical form consistening of one main theme or tune alternating with other themes or sections ABACA, ABACABA |
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