Classical Period Music History PDF

Lesson 1 - Musical Art Forms of the Classical Period The term "Classical" refers to→Age of Reason/Enlightenment Started from 1750 to 1820 Aristocracy←Cultural life was dominated by the? Classicism←Move towards a new style Nobility←What was instrumental music patronized by?...

Lesson 1 - Musical Art Forms of the Classical Period The term "Classical" refers to→Age of Reason/Enlightenment Started from 1750 to 1820 Aristocracy←Cultural life was dominated by the? Classicism←Move towards a new style Nobility←What was instrumental music patronized by? Important Events French Revolution Napoleonic Wars Declaration of Independence American Revolution Characteristics Elegant Formal Simple Freed Dignified Other Charasteristics (Music) Homophonic←Harmony Texture Crescendo and Diminuendo←Dynamics of loud and soft Crescendo←Soft to loud Decrescendo←Loud to soft Diminuendo←Soft and slow Ritardando←Going slow Alberti Bass←A style of broken chord accompaniment Rule of 1,3,5: 1 - Thumb, 3 - Middle, 5 - Pinky Arpeggio←a type of broken chord in which the notes that compose a chord are individually sounded in a progressive rising or descending order. Great Composers of the Classical Period Franz Joseph Haydn Wolfgang Amadeus Ludwig Van Beethoven Guess Which Piece is Who's Sonata No. 14, "Moonlight"→Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C Minor→Beethoven Fur Elise→Beethoven Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee→Beethoven Sonata Pathetique→Beethoven Symphony No. 101, The Clock→Haydn Surprise Symphony←Haydn Marriage of Figaro←Mozart the Magic Flute←Mozart the Requiem←Mozart A Little Night Music or Eine kleine nachtmusik←Mozart Clarinet Concerto←Mozart Lesson 2 - Composers of Classical Period Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart←Full name Salzburg, Austria←Born in Leopold Mozart←Mozart's Daddy, a composer, violinist, and a teacher. Anna Maria Pertl←Mozart's mommy Age 3←At this age he began to play tunes in the harpsichord Age 5←He wrote minuets for harpsichord Age 6←He and his sister, Nannerl already performed for royalties and aristocrats Age 11←He composed his first opera, Apollo et Hyacinthus A year later, Emperor Joseph II commissioned him to compose La finta semplice On August 4, 1782, he married Constanze Weber Only two of their six children survived 1790←What year did Mozart's health begin to fail and his work rate slowed? 1791←What year did his health get better and composed his most famous works? Most famous works The Magic Flute the Requiem←He did live long enough to finish this Clarinet Concerto Vienna, 1791, 31 years old←Place, Year, and Age when he died Genres of music he created Opera Solo Concerto Chamber Music Symphony Choral Joyful/Naughty←His style of music Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827) Bonn, Germany←Place of birth Beethoven's father and grandfatherwere both musicians Age 11←At what age did he leave public school Age 13←At what age did his organ teacher extended encouragement for him to publish a few compositions? Teens←During what stage of development did Beethoven meet Mozart He impressed Mozart but when he finally moved to Vienna, lil bro was alr dead Best Pianist in Vienna←Title due to his skill and talent in playing the piano He had short studies with Haydn but they were opps For Therese←What did Fur Elise originally mean? Therese←Beethoven's female student that did not reciprocate his feelings (cuz bro was mad old at that time) Musical Revolutionary←Style of music Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Rohrau Austria←Place of birth He was one of the choir boys in Vienna and the beauty of his voice secured him a place as chorister in St. Stephen's Cathedralwhere he remained until he was 16 years old His voice got strained and he established himself as a composer instead and set himself to master his craft Father of the String Quartet←Haydn's succes in string quarter composition earned him the nickname Many of Haydn's symphonies have been given nicknames because of their characteristics Clock Symphony Suprise Symphony Love song←Style of music