MUS 246 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Claude Debussy, Singing Melody, Glissando
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The cult of the natural some writers emphasize that naturalness is the highest aesthetic ideal in music because a lot of music is too technically complex an individual must gain experience in music rst. 3 basic requirements: go t: talent knowledge experience, means taste taste in music having good taste a composer needs to acquire a great taste in music, makes music pleasing to and beloved by the public. The seasons (nature: beethoven, symphony no. 6 (the pastoral symphony, andr gide: simple innocence of country folkways novella the pastoral symphony. Ute sounds like nightingale oboes = quails etc : mendelssohn wrote to a friend that the best way to explain the hebrides was through his music, the orchestra: about 100 members including winds. Handel (1759) coincided with shakespeare plays, rembrandt"s paintings: classical period: Rst part of classical period was called rococo: era of ben franklin and thomas jefferson, goethe, 1815-1910: beethoven was a bridge between classical and romantic - pastoral.
