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The Classical Period
Music Test 3
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Music
Undergraduate 1
10/27/2010

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Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
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Greats of the Classical Period
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1750 - 1820
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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

 

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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4

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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describe sonata 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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Theme & variation
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3rd movement in symphony

in ternary form (A,B,A)

 

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minuet and trio
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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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describe rondo form
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has three movements
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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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describe a sonata
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ternary or sonata

 

theme and variation

 

rondo

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sonata forms
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piano
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instrument most associated the the sonata is
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fugues
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there are no . . . for piano during the Classical Period
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2 violins, viola, cello
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instruments of string quartet
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chamber music
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what type of music is string quartet
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string quartet
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most important genre of chamber music during this time
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string quartet
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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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4
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# of movements in a string quartet
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yes
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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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3
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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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Don Giovanni
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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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Haydn
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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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Mozart
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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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Beethoven
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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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