MUSC 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: French Horn, Woodwind Instrument, Cadenza
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Faith in the power of reason: undermining of traditional authority, social organization, religious establishment, age of enlightenment, rise of the middle class worker. Visual art: moved away from ornate baroque style, characteristics of classical music. Contrast of moods: contrasts bot between and within movements, gradual or sudden. Flexibility of rhythm: multiple rhythmic patterns for variety. Texture: mostly homophonic, but with frequent shifts, composers borrowed popular tunes. Dynamics: emotions expressed in shades of dynamics, use of gradual dynamic changes, related to development of the piano (soft/loud) Orchestra size increases; standard group of 4 sections. Strings 1 and 2 violins, violas, cellos, double bass: woodwinds: flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons (2 each, brass: french horn, trumpet (2 each, percussion: 2 timpani. Strings most important with violins taking the melody: woodwinds added contrasting tone, horns and trumpets brought power to loud passages, timpani used for rhythmic bite and emphasis.
