MUAR 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Mediant, Supertonic, Subdominant
7 Mar 2018
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Social & political context of classical era- 1750-1820. The enlightenment = cultural movement into which music of 2nd half of 18th. Enlightenment identification that thinkers & writers of the time proudly claimed for themselves. Characterized by rising faith in & advocacy of scientific inquiry + social equality. *the continuing legacy of humanist ideals that surfaced in the renaissance. Practical application of rational principles to technological problems led to. Ex: harnessing of electricity & efficient steam engine that fueled the industrial revolution which in. Turn led to increasing urbanization & other drastic changes in social structures of home & work. Rise of middle class & decline of patronage system. *these cultural shifts = had profound consequences for how/where/for whom art [music] was. = was accompanied by parallel decline in inherited wealth & Enlightenment concern for social justice & shifting economic power. *the birth of the radical concept of inalienable rights for all people spells the eventual doom of feudal.
