MUSIC100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Scherzo, Minuet, Thematic Transformation
21 Apr 2016
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Lifetime spanned between classical and romantic eras (wrote in both styles) His music got affected by romantic era, but he also caused some of the changes. Developed the classical genre: enlarged orchestra, changed musical structures and expectations, added a chorus to the symphony, told narratives w/ instrumental works. Both his father and grandfather were musicians for the elector of. He briefly studied with haydn after having met him in bonn went to vienna with him but the lessons didn"t go well. He lived in the palace of prince lichnowsky where he eventually started to work and compose as he wanted. In his early periods, he composed mainly keyboard and chamber music with a style similar to. In his middle period, often called his heroic phase he wrote symphonies, concertos, string quartets, one opera (fidelio), etc: he performed many of his own piano concertos, and became very famous during this time.
