Music 1102A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Contrafactum, String Quartet, Industrial Revolution
25 Apr 2018
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First music to thrive ling after it"s time. Music more tuneful and balanced, less complicated. String quartet, symphony, and concerto emerged as preferred genres. French and american revolutions encapsulated enlightenment ideals. Maresilles and chester were unof cial anthems in france and the united states. Mozart"s operas show changing relationship between classes. Haydn and mozart succeeded outside church and royal courts. More realistic opera plots and characters (mozart and opera buffa) Opera buffa- funny, light, cute opera, music theatre. String quartet in c major op 76, no 3. Timbre: listen to how the sounds of the four instruments blend together and stand apart. Their sound quality is similar in different registers. Texture: notice how the melody always appears in one instrument while the other three move around it. Also listen for the passages in which not all instruments are playing. Melody: listen for the pauses that break the melody into sections known as phrases see slide.
