Module 4 – Music of the Classical Period Unit Summary (20 points) 1. Name two important visual artists (not musicians) from the Classical Period. (1 point) Jean-Honoré Fragonard Jacques-Louis David 2. Name two important writers of literature (not musicians) from the Classical Period. ( 1 point) Voltaire Denis Diderot Jane Austen 3. Discuss the political events and sociological factors that made the Classical Period such a time of violent upheaval. (1 point) The years 1750 to 1820 were
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eventually he moved into an atonal musical system influenced by mysticism. The changes in his musical language can be traced in his ten piano sonatas‚ since they were written at various periods spread over the whole of his career. He composed the first four sonatas in the Romantic style‚ then he explored more complex‚ chromatic harmonies. The last five sonatas were actually written without a key signature‚ and can be said to be atonal works. The most conspicuous thing is an innovation of mystic
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Beethoven Symphony No. 3 and Mozart Symphony 40 Forms Sonata form is one of the more popular forms of music that is found in a variety of different works including symphonies‚ concertos‚ and sonatas. Sonata form features three distinct sections: the exposition‚ development‚ and recapitulation. Mozart was one of the early composers of this form of music. I will examine the clear distinctions between each section and how he does not stray from the typical form. In later years the form would change
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Beethoven to discuss the historical significance and evolution of the six genres of the Viennese Classical Style. I. The String Quartet; II. the Symphony and the Symphony Orchestra; III. Sonata; IV. The Concerto; V. Serenade This essay will also describe the four forms found in the four-movement symphony. Sonata allegro; Ternary; Theme and Variations; Rondo Introduction The social and political scene during the late 18th century was hardly a setting for a quiet‚ composed classical age in view
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composition‚ or of one movement within a composition. - Symphony: multimovement orchestral form. - Sonata-Allegro: “first movement form”. The 3 sections: exposition‚ development‚ and recapitulation-form a binary design. - Exposition: first section of a fugue or of a sonata-allegro. - Development: 2nd section of the sonata-allegro; it moves through many keys. - Recapitulation: 3rd section of the sonata-allegro. Reviews the material of the exposition‚ presenting it in a new light. - Coda: Meaning
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Mozart?s Piano Sonata No. 2 (K.280) Mvt. I is a rarity in that it follows almost every rule of sonata-allegro form to a ?T.? I consider this a most striking find‚ since there really wasn?t anything called sonata-allegro form in the classical era. It just happened to be that music was very set in ratio now that we look back on it. Mozart wrote this piece in 1775 when he was just 19 years old‚ and it was his second piano sonata (as the title suggests). The exposition starts out in F Major with a small
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Compare in which ways distinctively visual images are created in The Shoe Horn Sonata and one related text Distinctively visual images can communicate important ideas to responders‚ allowing them to understand the perspective of the composer and the purpose of the text. In the “Shoe Horn Sonata‚” John Misto creates a play that surrounds two Prisoners of War(POW’S) characters who are forced to relive the memories of the past through an interview for a TV documentary. Through a variety of dramatic
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The Shoe Horn Sonata- The Shoe Horn Sonata provides an insight into the lives of two women who were made prisoners of war by the Japanese and explores the little known and horrific conditions and events the women endured. With the use of distinctively visual techniques‚ John Misto brings Bridie and Sheila’s experience vividly to life. Through the use of projected images‚ sound‚ music and symbolism; the horrors of war‚ survival and resilience are portrayed throughout the drama. Misto uses an
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THE CLASSICAL PERIOD (1775-1825) The Baroque period culminated in the masterpieces of J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel. In the middle of the eighteenth century‚ contemporaneous with the mature years of Bach and Handel‚ a new musical style developed that is known as Rococo or preclassical style. This style is most evident in keyboard and orchestral music‚ but it is mentioned here because it represented a transition from the Baroque to the Classical era‚ occurring between 1725 and 1770. In the world of painting
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formal structure of the key changes and as well as the repetition and development of the piece ’s theme. The Classical era was steadfast in the formal structures‚ the sonata and rondo‚ for example. While on the subject of concerto structures‚ the first movement of a Classical concerto will typically be in sonata form. A sonata is a composition for one or two instruments‚ typically contrasting in form or key. This is where you typically hear the orchestra and soloist banter back and forth while
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