The Classical Era Flashcards
(24 cards)
The Enlightenment
The Age of Reason
Centered where?
France
Social concerns become important…
emergence of middle class
Leading philosophers of the time?
Voltaire, Jean-Jaques Rousseau
Social ideas….
The pursuit of happiness, living a good life..
The Salon
private concerts held by individuals
Public concerts
first public concert hall built in Oxford, England in 1748
Music now meant to….
please and entertain rather than to instruct
Leading center for music before Vienna is…
Mannheim, Germany
simple, single melodies…
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Clear, hompophonic texture….
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crescendo and diminuendo….
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Greater use of woodwinds…
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Standardized form….
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Franz Josef Haydn
Appointed to court of Esterhazy, 104 symphonies, played in string quartet with Mozart, sense of humor, Symphony 94, 11, Theme & Variations
Motzart…
child prodigy, first symphony @ 8yrsold in London, began pro life in Salzburg court for archbishop, moved to Vienna, dedicated 6 string quartets to Haydn, died a pauper at 35
Main genres of this period…
opera, symphony, string quartet, sonata
Johann Stamitz expanded the….
3 movement work to a 4 movement structure
Ternary form…
generic 3part form…ABA
Rondo….
simple form where main tune comes back after episodes are used as spacers and variety (abacabada)
Theme & Variations…
one principle melody, repeated many times with changes each time
Minuet Form…
ternary form, ABA w/ subsections in each part, A is the minuet, B is the trio
The string quartet…
Haydn develops standard form/makeup of group, first violin, second violin, viola, cello, 4 movements(fast, slow, minuet, trio)
Sonata…
allegro form
