MUSI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Classical Antiquity, Oratorio, Omnipotence
25 May 2016
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Text based on passages from the revelation of st. john: hallelujah (rev 19. 6, for the lord god omnipotent reigneth (rev. 19. 6: the kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our lord and of his christ (rev. 11. 15: and he shall reign for ever and ever (rev 11. 15, king of kings, and lord of lords (rev. Each phrase of the text given its own musical identity. Tradition states the george ii was so moved that he rose to his feet in admiration. Rococo period transition between baroque and classical. Inspired philogical and archeological research into the cultures of classical antiquity. Illustrated in the period"s architecture, painting, sculpture and music: simplicity of line, austerity, absence of excessive ornamentation. Enlightenment: also known as the age of reason, pursuit of truth and discovery of natural laws. Social justice, equality, tolerance, freedom of speech: voltaire and rousseau important writers and philosophers, the age of reason ultimately gave way to the age of revolution.
