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Classicism & Classical Music

Classicism & Classical Music. Chapter 15. Cultural Setting. 1750 - 1820 Vienna, capital of the Austrian Empire center of musical activity Renewed interest in Greek & Roman history, philosophy, architecture, etc. Descartes. “I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.”.

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Classicism & Classical Music

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  1. Classicism & Classical Music • Chapter 15

  2. Cultural Setting • 1750 - 1820 • Vienna, capital of the Austrian Empire center of musical activity • Renewed interest in Greek & Roman history, philosophy, architecture, etc.

  3. Descartes • “I doubt, • therefore I think, • therefore I am.”

  4. Age of Reason/Enlightenment • “Some years ago I was struck by the large number of falsehoods that I had accepted as true in my childhood, and by the highly doubtful nature of the whole edifice that I had subsequently based on them. I realized that it was necessary, once in the course of my life, to demolish everything completely and start again right from the foundations if I wanted to establish anything at all in the sciences that was stable and likely to last.” • This movement provided the framework for the American and the French revolutions.

  5. Versailles

  6. French Revolution Sans-coulottes Tri-color Rejection of titles Citizen - Citizeness

  7. Napoleon 1769-1821

  8. Authors • Thomas Paine, new America • Goethe, German • Robert Burns, Scottish • Wordsworth, British • Sir Walter Scott, Scottish, “Ivanhoe” • Jane Austen, British

  9. Poets • At the end of the era - 1820 - some of the greatest, most sensitive poets were writing. • Lord Byron • Percy Bysshe Shelley • John Keats • Preparing the way for Romanticism

  10. Etc. • Cassanova • “Amazing Grace” by John Newton • Marquis de Sade

  11. Features to listen for in Classical Music Melody: pleasant & tuneful Harmony: backdrop for the melody Rhythm: Regular patterns, steady beat Dynamics: Crescendo & decrescendo Performance: Orchestra larger than Baroque & musicians were part-time Forms: Absolute music, longer works

  12. Composers • Mozart • Haydn • Boccherini

  13. Mozart

  14. Haydn

  15. Boccherini

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