MUL 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sonata Form, Child Prodigy, Erlking
15 Aug 2016
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Freedom from words allowed music to reach beyond humanity, to unknown realms, separate from the outer world. Composers believed to have window on the infinite and spiritual. Broad impulse to achieve goals of french rev. Clara schumann"s forward for a united and democratic germany. Shared language and culture as basis for social identity. Mvt 3 very soft mvt 4 very loud. Cyclic form- individual movements are distinctively linked; short short short long. Leid: german song for voice and piano, meant to be performed in the home, salon gathering. Modified strophic form: same melody and rhythm for each strophe, but musical setting around it varies. Recapitulation brings back main themes back in the tonic key. Large orchestra at full volume = noisy kitchen. Long exposure to over 80 db can cause hearing loss. Originally trained in medicine- father wanted him to be a doctor. Contemporaries criticized his music for being too loud. Trochaic tetrameter- repetition of trochee, or long-short pattern.
