MUS 4 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Harriet Smithson, Friedrich Schiller, Counterpoint
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Symphony within a symphony" with 4 main parts. Part 1: slow introduction, theme and variations. Music or musical technique which explicitly reflects the meaning or subject or sung text. Ex: lyrics about death may be set to slow, descending music. Artistic work inspired by emotions, imagination, feelings. An art movement which challenged the way people viewed themselves and the world around them. New perspectives on man"s relationship to nature. Figure is relatively small, tree and sky are significantly larger. I should paint my own places best painting is but another word for feeling (constable) 19th century musicians are the first to write personal memoirs and music criticism. Berlioz wrote article about musical performances to help pay his bills! Episodes of the life of an artist, fantastic symphony in five parts, by hector berlioz, performed for hte first time december 5, 1830 at the conservatory of music of paris . Goethe"s faust (gretchen is executed after killing her infant child)
