classicism vs. romanticism olivia hyun lim mozart’s worlds summer 2006 neh institute for teachers
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Classicism vs.
Romanticism
Olivia Hyun LimMozart’s Worlds Summer 2006 NEH Institute for Teachers
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The philosophical trends
of a period in history certainly influence the literature of that time,
but they can also influence other forms of
art, such as
music.
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Classical Music• A genre (or style) of music originating in Western Europe
• Contains distinct, stylistic periods
• Classical period: 18th - 19th c.
• Romantic period: 19th - 20th c.
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Classicism (17th-18th c.) The Age of Reason/ Enlightenment• Reason governs nature and human nature• Reason is valued over imagination• People are basically good. A perfect society is possible but requires freedom.
• Social is valued over personal/individual
• Order, harmony, balance, and tradition• Influenced Classical period in classical music
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Romanticism (18th-19th c.)• Rejection of idealization and rationality
• Emotion and intuition over reason, the senses over the intellect
• Individual is valued over society• Beauty and mystery of nature• Focus on human nature - the personality and its moods, passions, inner struggles
• The occult, the diseased, the satanic• Influenced the Romantic period in classical music
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Music of the Classical PeriodExamples• Mozart’s Sonata No. 7 in C, K. 309
• Mozart’s Concerto Nr. 17 in G major
“A piece by Mozart contains not one note more or less than necessary to make it perfect.”
Features• Light, clear texture • Short melodies • Clear-cut phrases
• Attention to balance and proportion
• Importance of structure
• Development of the sonata form
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Music of the Romantic Period
Examples• Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata
• Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Features• Powerful expression of
emotion - not only love, e.g. hate or death
• Rise of the virtuoso performer
• Larger orchestra, larger range of pitch, volume
• Richer harmonies, more use of chromaticism
• Interest in themes relating to far-off lands, dreams, nature, and the mysterious or supernatural
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Discussion• Name a piece of literature we read that
reflected the Age of Reason (Classicism). What characteristics do the literature and Classical period music have in common?
• Name a piece of literature we read that reflected the Romanticism. What characteristics do the literature and Romantic period music have in common?
• What do you imagine art from the Age of Reason to look like? architecture?
• What do you imagine art from the Romantic period to look like? architecture?
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Neoclassical Art
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Neoclassical Architecture
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Romantic Art
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Romantic Architecture
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Bibliography• NEH Mozart’s Worlds Summer Institute
• Los Angeles Opera Opera for Educators
seminars
• Prentice Hall Literature textbooks
• Urban Education Partnership (UEP) LA:
Humanities instructional materials
• www.en.utexas.edu/Classes/Moore/index.h
tm
• www.wikipedia.com