MUS 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Counterpoint, Keyboard Instrument, Joseph Haydn
11 Dec 2015
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Age of revolution: american revolution: declaration of independence, 1776 o. Performances gradually moved from the palace to the concert hall. Classical architecture: geometric shapes, balance, symmetrical design, lack of clutter. Emulation of the art of ancient greece and rome. Also called the age of reason: in search of the natural . Pursuit of truth and discovery of natural laws. Growth of the middle class (not just for upper class for everyone to be able to understand. First noncourt orchestra played on a regular schedule of performances o: two-tiered price scheme for a subscription series made performance accessible to, commercialization of a shared musical experience several strata of society. Vienna burgtheatre (city theatre), opened in 1759. Invented in italy around 1700 by bartolomeo cristofori. Could play more than one dynamic level (originally named the pianoforte) Amateur music making in the home: many amateur pianists were women, simpler, more homophonic style of keyboard music (compared to bach"s works for keyboard)
