MUSI 3380 Lecture Notes - String Quartet, Fortepiano, Sinfonia
Document Summary
Changes in instrumental music : mid-century: music that is easy to follow. Logical: enlighten and entertain audiences, musical values which emerged in opera filtered into instrumental, new style (easier to understand) = popularity. Instrumental music used to be tied to vocal. Instrumental forms become independent from opera: symphony: grows out of sinfonia, operatic overture. Genres of the 18th century: symphony, string quartet, sonata (keyboard/violin) Music making in the upper/middle classes music was being made at home: chamber music: social gathering (playing string quartet) Instrumental music becomes important in home music making (keyboard, strings: fortepiano became the domestic instrument. Solo keyboard music: fortepiano: hammer action, control velocity, control dynamics, expressive capabilities, 1760 wide spread acceptance over harpsichord brought on the rise of keyboard music. String quartet: (violin, viola, cello: primary string instruments, rise in amateur musicians, rise in public concerts. Increasing social aspect of home music making: comes from baroque sonata.
