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Classical Music Performance Practices

1. The document provides an overview of performance practice and characteristic features of classical period music between roughly 1730-1820. 2. During this period, music had a lighter, clearer texture than Baroque music and was less complex, relying mainly on a clear melody line over a subordinate chordal accompaniment. 3. Instrumental music such as sonatas, trios, string quartets, and symphonies performed by orchestra were important during this period, as were vocal works like songs, choral works, and opera.

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Classical Music Performance Practices

1. The document provides an overview of performance practice and characteristic features of classical period music between roughly 1730-1820. 2. During this period, music had a lighter, clearer texture than Baroque music and was less complex, relying mainly on a clear melody line over a subordinate chordal accompaniment. 3. Instrumental music such as sonatas, trios, string quartets, and symphonies performed by orchestra were important during this period, as were vocal works like songs, choral works, and opera.

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[Link] hemeswi thinamov ementofaCl assical composi ti
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gvanBeet
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greatestcomposerwhoev [Link] heCl assicalt
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Hay dn,oneofhi steachers,andWol fgangAmadeusMozar tandexperimentedwi th
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antwor ksduring
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fewhenhewasnear lyunablet [Link]
sonata,symphony ,concert
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No.9i nDMi nor,Op.125,Sy mphonyNo.5i nCMi nor,Op.67, Moonl i
ghtSonat a,
andFür
Eli
se.

[Link]
ianBach(
1685–1750)

JohannSebast ianBachwasaGer mancomposerandor ganistoft heBaroqueper iod.


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esadmi redhimf orhi st al
entasamusicianbutt houghthis
compositi
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,inwhi chhecamet obeseenasoneoft hegreatest
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cel ebratedcompositi
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udeBr andenbur g
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Temper edClav ier,BWV846–893, Sui
t esforUnaccompani edCell
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BWV1007–1012, Orchestr
alSuites, BWV1066–1069, andMassi nBMi nor,BWV232.
[Link]
fgangAmadeusMozar
t(1756–91)

AnAust riancomposeroft heCl assi


cal per
iod,WolfgangAmadeusMozar ti
swidely
recognizedasoneoft hegr eatestcomposer sofWest [Link]
y
composert owri
teandexcel i
nallofthemusi calgenresofhi
st i
[Link]
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tyt
oplaymusi cataget hreeandtowr itemusi
catagef i
ve,Mozar
tbegan
hiscareerasachi l
dprodigy .Notablecomposi t
ionsincl
udeTheMar r
iageofFi
garo,
Elvi
raMadi gan,andCl
arinetQui ntetinAMaj or,K581.

[Link]
ahms(
1833–97)

JohannesBrahmswasaGer mancomposerandpi ani


stoftheRomant i
cperiod,buthe
wasmor eadi sci
pleoftheClassi
calt
raditi
[Link] ot
einmanygenr es,i
ncluding
symphonies,concerti
,chambermusic,pianoworks,andchoralcompositi
ons,manyof
whichrev
ealtheinfluenceoffol
[Link] sbest
-knownwor ksincl
ude
SymphonyNo.3i nFMaj or
,Wiegenl
i
ed, Op.49,No.4,andHungar i
anDances.

[Link]
char
dWagner(
1813–83)

TheGer mancomposerandt heoristRichardWagnerext endedtheoper atradit


ionand
revoluti
onizedWest [Link] amat i
ccomposi t
ionsareparti
cularl
yknownf orthe
useofl eit
mot if
s, br
iefmusicalmot if
sf orachar act
er,pl
ace,orevent
, whichheski l
lf
ully
transformedt hroughoutapi [Link] smaj orworksaretheoper asTheFl yi
ng
Dut chman, Tannhäuser ,
Lohengr i
n,Tr i
stanandI sol
de,Parsi
fal
,andthet etr
alogyThe
Ringoft heNi belung,whichincludesTheVal kyr
[Link] roversialf
igures
i
ncl assicalmusi c,hisworktranscendshi schar act
er,
whichwasdef inedby
megal omani actendenciesandant i
-Semi t
icviews.

[Link]
audeDebussy(
1862–1918)

TheFr enchcomposerCl audeDebussyi soft


enregardedasthef atherofmoder n
classi
calmusi [Link] exhar moniesandmusi cal
struct
uresthatev okecomparisonstotheartofhi
scont emporaryImpr essi
onistand
Sy mboli
stpaintersandwrit
[Link]
udeCl ai
rdel une,LaMer ,Prel
udet
o
theAfternoonofaFaun, andtheoper aPell
éasetMél i
sande.
[Link]
otrI
lyi
chTchai
kov
sky(
1840–93)

Writ
ingmusi cwithbroademot i
onalappealdur
ingtheRomant i
cperiod,Py ot
rIlyi
ch
Tchaikovskybecameoneoft hemostpopul arRussiancomposersofal lti
[Link]
schooledinthewesternEuropeantradi
ti
onandassi mil
atedel
ement sfrom French,
It
ali
an,andGer manmusi cwithapersonalandRussianstyl
[Link] sbest-known
workswer ecomposedf ortheball
et,i
ncl
udingSwanLake, TheSleepingBeaut y,andThe
Nutcracker,
Op.71,buttheyalsoincl
udePianoConcer t
oNo.1i nB-fl
atMi nor,Op.23
andMar cheSlave,Op.31.

[Link]
édér
icChopi
n(1810–49)

Frédéri
cChopi nwasaPol ishFr
enchcomposerandpianistoftheRomant i
cperi
[Link]
wasoneoff ewcomposer stodevot
ehimselftoasi
ngleinstr
ument,andhissensit
ive
approachtot hekeyboardall
owedhimtoexploi
tal
ltheresourcesofthepiano,
incl
uding
i
nnov at
ionsinfinger
ingandpedali
[Link]
sthusprimaril
yknownf orwrit
ingmusicfor
thepiano,notablyNoctur
ne,Op.9No.2

[Link]
dn(
1732–1809)

TheAust r
iancomposerJosephHay dnwasoneoft hemostimport
antfigur
esinthe
developmentoftheCl assi
calst
yleofmusi cduri
ngthe18thcent
[Link]
establi
shtheformsandst ylesf
orthest r
ingquart
[Link] ol
if
ic
composer ,andsomeofhi smostwel l-
knownwor ksareSymphonyNo.92i nGMaj or,
Emper orQuartet
,andCel l
oConcertoNo.2i nDMaj or
.Hiscomposit
ionsareoft
en
character
izedaslight
,witty
,andelegant.

[Link]
oni
oVi
val
di(
1678–1741)

AntonioVi val
diwasanI tal
iancomposerandv i
oli
nistoftheBaroqueperi
[Link] ot
e
musicf oroperas,soloi nstr
uments,andsmal lensembles,butheisoft
encelebrat
edfor
hisconcer t
i,i
nwhi chv i
rtuososolopassagesal t
ernatewithpassagesfort
hewhol e
[Link] oteabout500concer t
i,ofwhichhisbest-knownworkisthegroupof
fourviol
inconcer t
i t
it
[Link] sMandol i
nConcertoinCMaj or,
RV425,
Concer t
of orFourViolinsandCel l
oinBMi nor
,Op.3, No.
10andConcer toforTwo
Trumpet sinCMaj orar eequallyplay
fulandcompl ex.
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char
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