MUS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Robert Schuman, Leonard Bernstein, Leitmotif
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Born in rohau, austria to non-musician parents (but were folk players: father was at a town mayor level, but family was still poor. Sent away as a boy to study music: often was hungry and embarrassed by his state of poverty during his apprenticeship. Most noted for his time as the court composer for esterhazy family, the ruling family of the austro-hungarian empire. Isolation at the rural esterhazy estate required haydn to be inventive. Not just an ensemble, it is a genre of composition. Multi-movement piece of music for symphony orchestra, rarely includes chorus and vocal soloists. Typical movement scheme of 18th century symphonies (tempos: fast/medium fast, slow, scherzo or minuet and trio (usually quick tempo, finale- fast. Sonata form (minue 1) and the first movements. Robert greenberf- (the first movement addresses the mind, the intellect, and the soul p. 149 (ch.
