MUSIC 1AA3 Lecture 11: Intro to the 19th Century
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Lecture 11 - intro to the 19th century. Classical ideals: balance, proportionality, clarity + naturalness. Lead to imagination + expression of human emotions: ex. longing, loneliness, terror, horror, melancholy. Romanticism: artistic movement that came about due to the feeling of disillusionment from the classical ideals after the french revolution. Art was inspired by nature and its chaos: offered as an alternative to the classical world. In literature: writers turned to write about isolation, nature and different temperaments. Famous painting that depicts the notion of romanticism: german painter caspar friedrich"s the wanderer (1818, captures the obsession with dreaming, escaping, contemplation and spirituality. Musicians wander from convention, create their own voices: types of music elements grew in depth + expression, bigger + louder orchestras, extreme contrasts in texture, the same work would feature simple and technically dif cult passages. More instrumental music lead to more freedom for the audiences perception of the piece. Eta hoffman"s review of beethoven"s symphony no.
