MUSI 3380 Lecture Notes - Age Of Enlightenment, Cup-Bearer, Early Music Revival
Document Summary
Beethoven was the last composer of the first viennese school of composers. (other two were. He bridges the classical era and the romantic era. He began composing at the end of the 18th century. Distinction between the enlightenment era (equality through education) and the romantic era (genius is favored) First composer to think of his compositions as being unique: early years he interacted with the intellectual society in bonn and associated with several wealthy families, believed his genius ranked far above social status. 1792 he leaves for vienna (mozart died in 1791: people of bonn wanted beethoven to represent them. They set him up in vienna for social reasons: set him up with prince karl lichnowsky, beethoven preformed weekly salon concerts. These concerts attracted the musical elite of vienna: education: haydn was still alive, right before he left for his second london trip. Beethoven sought out instructions from composers: career: established in the salons with piano.
