Music of the Classical Period 1750 1820 Classical
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Music of the Classical Period (1750 -1820)
“Classical” Defined A “classic” is any supreme accomplishment of lasting appeal (for example a movie classic or classic rock song) n “classical” music (lowercase “c”) usually refers to any music that is NOT rock , jazz, folk, or popular n “Classical” music (uppercase “C”) refers to music written between 1750 -1820, which exhibits some of the artistic ideas found in “Neoclassic” visual art and architecture n – In visual art and architecture, “Classical” Art refers to Greek and Roman antiquity
Classicial Historical Highlights n Age of Enlightenment; using reason to solve social problems n Age of violent upheavals - French & American Revolutions, Napoleonic Wars n Political power shifts from noble courts and church to the newly empowered middle class – Composers move from high-class servants to freelance, self-employed artists
Classical Artistic Highlights n New emphasis on balance and clarity of structure – Neoclassic Architecture and Painting • • firm lines & clear structure balance & symmetry moralistic subject matter Greek & Roman references n Arts meant to please and entertain rather than instruct: new emphasis on naturalness & pleasing variety – Rococo artists: Watteau; Fragonard
Upper Belvedere, Vienna 1721 -22
Temple of Love at Versailles, 1775
David, Mars disarmed by Venus, 1824
n. Fragonard –The Reader
Classical Music Genres n Vocal Music Genres – Opera n Instrumental Music Genres – Orchestral Music • Symphony • Concerto – Chamber Music • String Quartet • Serenade
Classical Musical Highlights New emphasis on pleasing variety – Highly flexible rhythms (i. e. all different lengths of short and long notes) – More difference between musical ideas within a single movement or piece – Introduction of crescendo and diminuendo into varied dynamic changes n New emphasis on naturalness – Demand for simplicity and clarity in melody and harmony – Use of secular pop/folk “tunes” in art music – More melody & accompaniment (homophonic) textures – New emphasis on morality, common people, and everyday life in OPERA n Example: – W. A. Mozart’s Act 1, Scene 1 from Don Giovanni n
Opera n Sung theatrical work n Staged with costumes and sets n Example: WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Act 1, excerpt from Opening Scene from Don Giovanni
Classical Music Style Characteristics Timbre End of basso continuo; evolution of standard orchestra with all four “choirs”; strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion; transition from harpsichord to piano Rhythm Emphasis on flexibiliy and naturalness; unexpected pauses; syncopations; frequent changes from long to short note patterns Melody Tuneful, easy to remember; folk-like, often “borrowed”; balanced and symmetrical phrase lengths; tend to be rounded Form New emphasis on symmetrical structures and clear formal designs; new emphasis on rounding; new emphasis on multimovement instrumental works; widespread use of Sonata form Dynamic s Widespread use of gradual dynamic changes (I. e. crescendos & diminuendos); transition from harpsichord to piano Texture Basically HOMOPHONIC MELODY & ACCOMPANIMENT but flexible; sudden appearances of small bits of imitative polyphony Harmony Less dense; simpler and more stretched out harmonic progressions; gradual abandonment of basso continuo
Karlskirche, Vienna 1716 -33
Petite Trianon at Versailles, 1726 -68
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig Van Beethov en
- Classical music has less complicated texture
- Music of the classical period (1750 to 1820)
- 1820-1750
- 1820-1750
- It is an era from 1750-1820
- 1820-1750
- La traviata juoni
- Bach classical period
- Jacob pertl
- 1820-1900
- Music music music
- Classical vs romantic
- What are the dates of the classical era?
- What conveys unity of mood in baroque music?
- 1750-1825
- Florence nightingale, 1820–1910
- Antecedentes externos
- Apush 1820 to 1860
- Resumen de las revoluciones liberales
- Hans oersted electricity