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Page 1: Classical Music Mrs. Paolucci Spring, 2009. Eighteenth Century Classicism Seeks order, moderation Idealized the civilization of Greece and Rome EX: Monticello

Classical Music

Mrs. PaolucciSpring, 2009

Page 2: Classical Music Mrs. Paolucci Spring, 2009. Eighteenth Century Classicism Seeks order, moderation Idealized the civilization of Greece and Rome EX: Monticello

Eighteenth Century Classicism

• Seeks order, moderation

• Idealized the civilization of Greece and Rome

• EX: Monticello

Page 3: Classical Music Mrs. Paolucci Spring, 2009. Eighteenth Century Classicism Seeks order, moderation Idealized the civilization of Greece and Rome EX: Monticello

Eighteenth Century History

• French Revolution (1789-99)

• Advances in science (steam engine, electricity, oxygen, the vaccination

• The American Revolution (1775-83)

• Age of Reason (BUT using reason to attack existing order)- Enlightenment (Voltaire, Rousseau)

Page 4: Classical Music Mrs. Paolucci Spring, 2009. Eighteenth Century Classicism Seeks order, moderation Idealized the civilization of Greece and Rome EX: Monticello

Classical Music• Lyrical melodies• Repetition of a pattern at

higher and lower pitches• Clear harmonies

(homophonic texture)• Steady temp (will stay in

the same meter until the end

• Movement between keys but returning to the home key

Page 5: Classical Music Mrs. Paolucci Spring, 2009. Eighteenth Century Classicism Seeks order, moderation Idealized the civilization of Greece and Rome EX: Monticello

Patronage System

• Gave musicians economic security • Performances moving from palaces to concert

halls• Many composers conducted their own

symphonies (Haydn, Beethoven). Others (Mozart) played own piano concertos

Page 6: Classical Music Mrs. Paolucci Spring, 2009. Eighteenth Century Classicism Seeks order, moderation Idealized the civilization of Greece and Rome EX: Monticello

Chamber Music- The Golden Era• Music for a small

ensemble (2-8) with one player to a part

• String quartet (2 violins, viola and cello); duo sonata (violin and piano or cello and piano); quintet (combination of string or wind instruments or string quartet and solo instruments) Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1787)

Page 7: Classical Music Mrs. Paolucci Spring, 2009. Eighteenth Century Classicism Seeks order, moderation Idealized the civilization of Greece and Rome EX: Monticello

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91)

• Austrian• Began to compose

before he was five (father was composer in the court of the archbishop of Salzburg)

• Rebelled against his patron the archbishop of Salzburg- dismissed for quarreling with him

Page 8: Classical Music Mrs. Paolucci Spring, 2009. Eighteenth Century Classicism Seeks order, moderation Idealized the civilization of Greece and Rome EX: Monticello

Continued…

• Established himself in Vienna as a free-lance musician at the age of 25.

• Struggled to win the backing of Emperor Joseph II (composer Antonio Salieri was much more popular!)

Antonio Salieri

Page 9: Classical Music Mrs. Paolucci Spring, 2009. Eighteenth Century Classicism Seeks order, moderation Idealized the civilization of Greece and Rome EX: Monticello

Mozart’s Music• The Marriage of Figaro (1786) (opera buffa-

comic Italian opera)• Don Giovanni (1787) (opera buffa)• The Magic Flue (ligher form of German opera

with dialogue)• For Piano (the Fantasia in C minor, Sonata in C

minor)• The Requiem Mass (died the same night

musicians got together to sing through a completed version of it (December 4, 1791)

Page 10: Classical Music Mrs. Paolucci Spring, 2009. Eighteenth Century Classicism Seeks order, moderation Idealized the civilization of Greece and Rome EX: Monticello

Symphonies

• Rooted in the opera overture (piece for orcheatra in 3 sections fast-slow0fast)

• Rocket Theme (opening of Eine Kleine Nacht)- aggressive rhythmic theme rising from low to high register at “Rocket” speed

• Drawn our crescendo (Rising slowly to a climax)

Page 11: Classical Music Mrs. Paolucci Spring, 2009. Eighteenth Century Classicism Seeks order, moderation Idealized the civilization of Greece and Rome EX: Monticello

Qualities of Mozart’s Music

Chamber Music• Sense of Drama• Contrasting Moods (from

lively and playful to solemn and tragic)

• Carefully weaving orchestration with interweaving lines

Symphonies• Rich orchestration• Depth of Emotion

Page 12: Classical Music Mrs. Paolucci Spring, 2009. Eighteenth Century Classicism Seeks order, moderation Idealized the civilization of Greece and Rome EX: Monticello

Comic Opera- The Marriage of Figaro

• A servant Figaro outwits his master, Almaviva