MUSC101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 28: Maria Theresia Von Paradis, Maria Anna Mozart, String Quartet
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These decades saw significant advances in science. Known as age of reason as well as the enlightenment. Classical period in music characterized best by masters of the viennese school - haydn, Musicians explored possibilities offered by major-minor system and to perfect large scale form of instrumental music - known as sonata form. Music of viennese masters notable for elegant, lyrical melodies; usually based on symmetrical four bar phrases marked by clear cadences and they often move stepwise or by small leaps within a narrow range. Repetition and frequent use of sequence (pattern repeated at a higher or lower pitch) Chords built from the seven tones or major or minor scale (diatonic), firmly rooted in the key. Common for music to start in one of the four basic meters and stay there until end. Well defined sections establish home (tonic) key, goes to contrasting and returns to home key.
