Classical Music

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Classical Music
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Francis Couperin

• 1668-1733
• Style galant
• Keyboard
• Playful titles

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Classical Style

• Definition 1
• More serious music
• Stuffy, out of touch with music today

• Definition 2
• Musical style from mid-18th century
• Shares characteristics with Neo-classical art

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Classical Style

• Definition 1
• More serious music
• Stuffy, out of touch with music today

• Definition 2
• Musical style from mid-18th century
• Shares characteristics with Neo-classical art

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Instrumental Music

• Symphonies
• Movements
• Sonata Form

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Minuet
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Sonata Form

• 1st movement
• Idea of contrasts
• 2 key themes

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Music in the later 18th Century

• Secular entertainment
• Characteristics
• Balance
• Sameness
• Composed
• Location

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Austrias Influence

• Princes of Esterhazy
• Minuet and gavote
• Formalized in Vienna

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Franz Joseph Haydn

• 1732-1809
• 1761 enters service of Prince Esterhazy
• Experimented
• Father of the Symphony

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• 1756-1791
• Musical genius of the 18th century
• 650 works
• Died a pauper

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Marriage of Fiagro

• 1784
• Opera buffa
• Study of human nature

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The Magic Flute

• 1791
• Opera Buffa
• Fantasy, imagination, heroes