MUS 114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Easy Listening, Industrial Revolution
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Topic: prelude 4 the classical period/music as order and logic. Chapter 28: conversations: haydn and classical chamber music. Prelude 4: the classical period: music as order and logic. Slide 1: the classical period: music as order and logic: 1730-1770= pre-classical , 1750-1820= classical , age of enlightenment. Slide 2: classicism and enlightenment culture: aristocratic rule still strong. Center of musical life": middle class- economic growth. Intellectual life: classical composers and middle class taste". Slide 3: musician/composer in society: franz joseph haydn (1732-1809) >employed by the esterhazy family: wolfgang amadeus mozart (1756-1791) >freelance in vienna: ludwig van beethoven (1770-1827) Slide 4: classicism in music: classicism in music: Slide 5: classicism in music: elements of classical style: contrast of mood = music with variety, melody: balanced phrases, clear cadences, repetition, harmony: simple, elegant, and logical. >end of basso continuo: rhythm/meter: basic meters, flexible rhythms, texture: homophonic, dynamics: gradual changes. >piano replaces harpsichord: timbre: standard orchestra, chamber, solo instruments.
