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Lyrics before ____
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Music.
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James Hargreave
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spinning jenny.
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Who wrote Surprise?
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Haydn
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When did it last
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1750-1825
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NATURE:
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Genius, inspiration, unconscious, effortless, divine, not teachable.
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Emphasized ensemble singing:
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opera buffa.
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Concerto:
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3 Movements. Fast slow fast.
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Classical Period
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Music settles into several well-defined forms, following strict rules. The main forms begin the sonata, the symphony and the concerto.
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Bigger orchestra : classical or Baroque
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classical
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Beethoven claimed he learned _____ from Haydn.
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Nothing.
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piano
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instrument most associated the the sonata is
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Baroque Period
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Music flourishes in complexity and scope. Instrumental music becomes dominant, and most major music forms become defined.
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Classical composers were looking for a way to express themselves more...
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simply
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Rules, rules, rules become _____.
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Forms, forms, forms.
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Development
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take what was in the exposition: themes, modulations and develop it- add contrast, variety, ornamentation. Motive- you can tell it’s the theme but it’s only a few notes of it
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4
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# of movements in a string quartet
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Overture
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An opera or oratorio begins with an orchestral piece called this.
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woodwinds?
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2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
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Mozart married __________ at 20 years old.
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a cousin
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What age did Mozart compose his first opera?
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14
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Factories had to be located where they had access to _____, not just water.
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Coal.
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string quartet
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most important genre of chamber music during this time
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Romantic Period
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Music begins to break out of strict rules, and becomes more expressive and emotional. Rules get broken and new ideas develop.
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Symphonic concerto
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This music was written so the soloist and orchestra had equal parts.
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What style in art is style galant comparable to
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rococo style
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Typical symphony instruments in a large city?
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strings, woodwinds, brasses, percussion (on festive pieces)
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Name of the Family Haydn worked for
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Esterhazy- Hungarian Royalty
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can be 4th movement of the symphony
very fast
ABACAD; always returns to "A" or the main theme
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describe rondo form
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What is a Sonata
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A solo instrument either alone or accompanied
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Characteristics of the Classical Style-Texture
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homophonic, as flexibly as rhythm. sudden/smooth shift from one texture to another.
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Who was Giovanni Sammartini?
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an early symphonist in Italy who composed 70 symphonies in 4 movements with a minuet for the third
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Why were the most talented singers the focus of gossip and adulation?
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They were celebrities!
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The Augustan Age
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This period focused on a return to the influence of the Latin literature of the ancient Roman empire. Roman poets Horace and Virgil influenced British writers during this age.
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Characteristics of the Classical Style-melody
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most tuneful and easiest to remember. a times, composers borrowed popular tunes. more often, wrote originals w/ a popular character.They sound balanced, symmetrical cuz they are made up of 2 phrases of the same length.
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Mozart's 3 most famous operas?
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the Marriage of figaro, Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute
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Capital of Holy Roman Empire
administrative center for W. Europe
many aristocrats and nobles travelled here
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Why is Vienna important during the Classical Era?
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Who were composers employed by for their music, what did they do to them
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Patrons, aritstocrats who paid them for their music and compositions, this gave them a chance to perform music and the freedom to develop composing skills
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What were the changes Mozart made to Vivaldi's original concerto?
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bigger orchestra, uses orchestra differently, blending, not short; developed ideas
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In the early decades of the 18th century the terms _____ and ______ were synonymous. Why?
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they were the same thing?
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The setting for songs is _______ and largely ________. Both the vocal and piano parts are ______ ______ and ________.
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strophic, syllabic, straight forward, undemanding.
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What are the characteristics of the Classical Period?
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o They focused on one movement
o Wider range of emotion
o Rhythms wont be as predictable
o Form is clearly organized
o Beauty in the order and cemetery of there music
o Range of dynamics will increase
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Compositions of the classical period consist of movement that _____ and _____. how are 4 movements arranged?
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tempo and character1) fast 2) slow 3) dance-related 4) fast
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Name two Mozart operas which threatened nobility: __________ and __________. Why did they threaten nobility?
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Don Giovanni, Marriage of Figaro. Rebellion.
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Who traveled during this era, what did it result in
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Composers, a single style of music sounding the same all over Western Europe
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Why was the war of the baffoons a foresight of the French Revolution?
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Because they were trying to fight/overthrow the aristocracy.
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Name and describe the parts of Koch's musical sentence :
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every sentence must have a subject and a predicate. Antecedent and consequent.
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What honor did Pope Clemont XIV bestow on Mozart (age 14) ______________. What did Mozart take illegally from the Vatican?
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Collar of a knight of order of the golden spur. The Miserere. He listened to it and wrote it from his memory. It was a motet not to be used outside of the Vatican.
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