MUS 142 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Easy Listening, Industrial Revolution
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Topic: prelude 4 the classical period/music as order and logic. Chapter 28: conversations: haydn and classical chamber music. Prelude 4: the classical period: music as order and logic. Slide 1: the classical period: music as order and logic: 1730-1770 = pre-classical . B. 1750-1820 (5) = classical : age of enlightenment. Slide 2: classicism and enlightenment culture: aristocratic rule still strong. >center of musical life : middle class economic growth. >intellectual life: classical composers and middle class taste . Slide 3: musician/composer in society: franz joseph haydn (1732-1809) >employed by the esterhazy family: wolfgang amadeus mozart (1756-1791) >freelance in vienna: ludwig van beethoven (1770-1827) Slide 4: classicism in music: classicism in music: Slide 5: classicism in music: elements of classical style: contrast of mood = music with variety, melody: balanced phrases, clear cadences, repetition, harmony: simple, elegant, and logical. >end of basso continuo: rhythm/meter: basic meters, flexible rhythms, texture: homophonic, dynamics: gradual changes.
