MUS 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sonata Form, Franz Liszt, Winterreise

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Music Academics
• Course: MUS 121
• Professor: Dr.Mary L.Bailey

Document Summary

Multiple emotions portrayed: modulations more frequent and unexpected, more dramatic dynamic changes and expanded range, style shifts, contrasting timbre changes. Longer, more complex works: same forms from previous eras, but expanded in length. Individuality of style: composers become easier to identify, composers tend to focus on a particular genre. E(cid:373)(cid:271)odied ro(cid:373)a(cid:374)ti(cid:272) era"s fas(cid:272)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374) of sufferi(cid:374)g for o(cid:374)e"s art: (cid:862) tarvi(cid:374)g artist(cid:863) Transitional style: early works embody classical style, later works noticeably rooted in romanticism. Best remembered for small-scale chamber music, especially the art song (lied) Poetry musically set for voice and piano. Popular in germany and austria: commonly referred to as lied (song) or lieder (songs) 3 main forms: strophic: same music for each verse, through-composed: new music without repetition, modified strophic: mixture of repeated music and words with sections of new music. Die winterreise (1828: song cycle (multiple song that tell a collective story) poems by willhelm muller, auf dem flusse (on the river)