RCHUMS 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Rondo, Counterpoint, Minuet
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Wife sold/gave away autograph manuscripts after he died. Father was leopold, worked in the court. Sister learned piano too, but had to stop when she hit puberty. Only international composer that knows so many musical styles from traveling so much. Wrote these 3 for his own personal interest. Didn"t have commission on them and probably didn"t get to hear them performed. Starts in tonic(i), goes to dominant(v), starts next section in dominant and returns to tonic. Lived the life that mozart wished he had. Last one was k. 626- requiem; about death. First degree of a scale is called the tonic, 5th degree is the dominant. Accidentals are the first hint of modulation or moving into a different key. Bass continuo: continuous baseline in the baroque period. First movement: begins with the tonic key- determines key for the whole symphony. Big and exciting- weight of the symphony. First and final movement in the same key.
