Music 2710F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Denis Diderot, Immanuel Kant, Steam Engine
23 Nov 2017
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2710f music history tuesday october 31st prelude to classical. Fair game: age of enlightenment, fran ois-marie arouet (voltaire) (1694 - 1778, denis diderot (1713-1784, jean-jacques rousseau (1712 - 1778, philosophes, encyclop die, seven years war / french and indian war (1756 - 1763, american revolution (1775-1781, french revolution. Industrial revolution: textile mills, steam engine, technological improvements to music printing and instruments, music periodicals / musicologists, charles burney (1726-1814) Mozart concerto for flute harp and orchestra in c major, k. 299 repetitive harmonies, orchestra played the theme at the beginning, then flute took it over, then the harp reiterated it. Classical era: 1750 1800, birth of many foundational ideas, liberty / progress , people literally lived and died by their philosophies. Enlightenment: from rationalism in the late 17th century, optimism re: tech development, faith in reason, john locke (1632 1704, government"s responsibility: protect the rights of the governed. Immanuel kant (1724 1804: have the courage to use one"s own intellect!
