MUAR 211 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Trio Sonata, String Instrument, Absolute Pitch

• School: McGill University
• Department: Music-Arts Faculty
• Course: MUAR 211
• Professor: Jerry M.Cain

Document Summary

City associated with 3 of the most influential musicians. Vienna, austria- most important musical-cultural centers in europe in 18th and 19th cen. Politics are gigantic for the history of music (driving musical establishment) Esterhazy family- wealthiest and most powerful of the hungarian royal families, owned the palace of. Kappelmeister- (reference to haydn), musical director of esterhaza palace. Haydn"s london concerts- hydn was celebrated in london for foreign music, last 12 symphonies were written for london audience. Fortepiano (a. k. a pianoforte) - earlier version of the piano, plucked instrument, contains much more wood, piano of mozart"s time. Bowed string of the classical orchestra- 1750 orchestras were around a core of bowed strings who usually played at least 4 separate parts, larger than the baroque orchestra, satb range but instrumentally. Cellos- string instrument played between the legs, modern cellos can play more than one note at a time which implies harmonic regression, usually plays the base notes.