MUS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Scherzo, Program Music, Lied
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Mozart child prodigy of all time: v. beethoven. Miserable childhood father was a drunkard. Depended less on the nobility and church due to the birth of the middle class. Theme of music in the romantic period for beethoven: conflict serenity joy triumph. Wanted to be master of his fate. Slows down the second movement to adagio. Third movement became scherzo instead of minuet and trio aba which is heavier and more dramatic. The fourth movement became equal to the first in importance. Made everything extreme: slow became slower, loud became louder, soft became softer, long became longer, short became shorter. Wrote 9 symphonies, 32 piano sonatas, piano concertos, 16 string quartets, 1 opera . Fidelio, 1 violin concerto, many oratorios misa, and a solemn mass solemnis. Fourth movement oratorio chorus ode to joy brotherhood of man. Was part of the vienna boys choir. Made the schubertiad small chamber music schubert was shy.
