Transcript The Classical Music Period

Sociology
• Thursday to Monday – 7th-11th – Friday Sub – Reflection and chapter
work (sections 2-5 notes only) – Due Tuesday beginning of class
• Tuesday – 12th – turn in homework – Binder check (sections 2-5) –
start LGO
• Wednesday –13th – LGO
• Thursday – 14th – KUNA Sub – Finish LGO
• Friday – 15th – KUNA Sub – note cards (2 sided 3x5) – Turn in LGO
and note card
• Monday – 18th – Test
• Tuesday – 19th – Make up test
Humanities Schedule
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Monday 11th – Music PPT.
Tuesday 12th – Music Listening notes
Wednesday 13th – ER – Music review
Thursday 14th – KUNA – Sub – Classical Music
Reading
• Friday 15th – KUNA – Sub – Neo-classical art wkst.
The Classical Music Period
(1720-1830)
Neo-classic/Enlightenment Era
• Neo=new
• “Age of Reason” – historical intellectual movement –
ideas of Greece and Rome
• Marked by rationality, ethics, aesthetics, and
knowledge
• Get away from superstition (magic), irrationality, and
tyranny of dark ages
• Enlightenment – framework for American and French
revolution
Continued
• Birth of capitalism, socialism, liberalism, and
fascism
• Arts important way of spreading knowledge and
serving the state’s needs
• State created arts academies – served the state’s
needs and ideas – created qualifications and
diplomas
• Women recognized in the arts for first time
• Public museums and art galleries created
Classical Music
• Polyphony replaced by homophonic (melody
supported by system of harmony)
• Use of chords – more audible
• Movement centered in/around Vienna
• Begins in 1750’s and 60’s
• Reached maturity in 70’s and 80’s – around
the time of the American & French revolutions
Mozart
• First symphony (musical work made up of 4
movements separated by silence) at age 8
• Amadeus means “loved by God”
• Austrian Emperor Joseph II accused his music of
“too many notes”
• Spread his reputation in Vienna by publishing,
playing the piano and having an opera performed
in 1782 (the first one you saw in the movie)
Mozart
• Composed 15 piano concertos (composition for an
orchestra and soloist) by 1786
• Served as composer and soloist in his works
• Final compositions included Clarinet Concerto and
pieces for his Masonic lodge
• Unable to finish his Requiem
• Possible causes of death – Flu, Mercury poisoning
(medicine), Kidney illness, Rheumatic fever
• Buried in a Vienna suburb with little ceremony and in
an unmarked grave (even the second one he was
buried in)
Haydn
• Trained as a choirboy and taken to St. Stephen’s
Cathedral, Vienna, in mid 1700’s
• Became freelance musician and accompanyist
• Played violin and keyboard
• Wrote sacred music, music for theatre comedies, and
chamber music
• Seen as the “father of the symphony and string
quartet” – did not originate them
• At his funeral in 1809 Mozart’s Requiem was performed
Beethoven
• Exact date of birth unknown (likely
12/16/1770)
• Father gave instruction in piano, violin, and
viola
• First public concert was on March 26, 1778 at
age 7 (same day as his death 49 years later)
• 1802 – found out his impaired hearing was
incurable and would worsen
Beethoven
• Became very productive despite hearing
impairment
• Aristocracy of Vienna supported him generously
and were tolerant of his rude & insensitive
manners, careless appearance, and towering
rages
• From end of 1790’s, he was no longer dependent
on patronage for income
• Sometimes took several years to refine an idea
before satisfied
Beethoven
• Ideas usually written in sketchbooks which he
constantly carried
• Death in 1827 – said that 10,000 people were at
his funeral
• Became public figure before death – unlike any
musicians before
• Bridged classical of Mozart and Haydn with
Romantic period that followed