Music 1a Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Hear Music, Fortepiano, Oboe
17 Mar 2016
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Academy of ancient music in london concert series for maintaining repertory. Public has some say on what they want to hear. Rise of amateurs and connoisseurs of music. Sometimes publishers would arrange music (such as mozart"s string. Galant: new style originating in italian opera, vocally conceived melody (singable, memorable, featuring not too much accompaniment so the melody can stand out) Empfindsam (means sensitive, a natural aesthetic, surprising turns of harmony, chromaticism, reflects the natural world around us, but still retaining a speech-like quality. Classical (music vs. style: melody, harmony, texture, and form. Musical rhetoric phrasing the music almost like a language. Emotional contrasts psychologists: music has a way of representing our emotional changes. Ability to change dynamics: chamber ensembles. Written for numerous different groups of instruments (piano can even be one: wind instruments and ensembles. Clarinet, oboe, and flute: orchestra, genres and forms.
