MUAR 211 Lecture 18: Feb 16 2011- Lecture 18.docx
15 May 2012
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Moonlight sonata: minor key first movement (and slow), faster middle movement, and minor key last movement (fast). A lot of beethoven"s rules do not follow the genre rules at the time. This is why he is both a classical and a romantic composer. Classical composer because this is a three-movement sonata, which is what you would expect. But it is modeled on the classical era, and also takes exceptions to the genre rules. The rules of harmony (it is more innovative). This piece is kind of romantic, but not as romantic as the 9th symphony is. So his classical traits were things that he inherited from mozart and. Haydn: 3 movement sonatas and concertos, 4 movement string quartets, etc. Basically, his classical traits" were that he composed in the styles and genres of the classical period. Then he expanded them and changed the genres. Romantic period, he composed in the classical genres and changed them.
