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European Music

European Music. Baroque (ca. 1600-1750) Classical (ca. 1750-1820) Romantic (ca. 1820-1900). Baroque (ca. 1600-1750). Bach historical context: European monarchs vie in displaying pride, pomp, pageantry monarchs employ court composers genres: opera introduced concerto a staple

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European Music

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  1. European Music Baroque (ca. 1600-1750) Classical (ca. 1750-1820) Romantic (ca. 1820-1900)

  2. Baroque (ca. 1600-1750) • Bach • historical context: • European monarchs vie in displaying pride, pomp, pageantry • monarchs employ court composers • genres: • opera introduced • concerto a staple • dances formalized into instrumental suites • characteristics: • harpsichord • heavy ornamentation

  3. Classical (ca. 1750-1820) • Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven (B. on cusp w/ Romanticism) • historical context: • new aristocracies replacing monarchs/church as arts patrons  demanded impersonal, but tuneful & elegant music • Vienna = musical center (Viennese style) • genres: • dances • symphonies • sonatas • string quartets • characteristics: • clean, uncluttered (reaction against Baroque’s heavy ornamentation)

  4. Romantic (ca. 1820-1900) • Mendelssohn, Schumann, Chopin, Berlioz, Liszt, Verdi, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky • genres: • opera • symphonies • ballets • concertos • sources of inspiration: • German folk stories, contemporary Italian literature • indigenous history & legends • characteristics: • **emotional** • nationalism

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