VPMC88H3 Chapter 14: Chapter 14 Study Guide
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Chapter 14 the early classic period: opera and vocal music. Music in early classical period reflected international culture. Shared humanity mattered more than national and linguistic differences. Educated people wanted music to communicate expression without artifice, in a manner free of any complication that would hinder music"s enjoyment and appeal. Freer, more tuneful, homophonic writing (gallant styles) became fashionable. Periodicity is frequent resting points that break the melodic flow into segments that relate to each other as parts of a large whole. Musical ideas were articulated through distinct phrases, typically two or four measures in length (but also three, five, or six measures) Period is a complete musical thought concluded by a cadence. A composition was made up of two or more periods in succession. This technique creates a structure marked by frequent cadences and unified through motivic correspondences. The idea of phrases and periods was borrowed from rhetoric, the art of oration.
