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    The Classical period of music lasted from 1750-1820. Some key characteristics of classical music include song-like melodies, simpler accompaniment, homophonic textures, and clear structural forms such as sonata form. Some of the most famous classical composers were Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven, who helped establish common genres such as the symphony, string quartet, and sonata. Sonata form became a dominant form of the classical period, featuring an exposition, development, and recapitulation.

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    The Classical period of music lasted from 1750-1820. Some key characteristics of classical music include song-like melodies, simpler accompaniment, homophonic textures, and clear structural forms such as sonata form. Some of the most famous classical composers were Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven, who helped establish common genres such as the symphony, string quartet, and sonata. Sonata form became a dominant form of the classical period, featuring an exposition, development, and recapitulation.

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    The Classical period of music lasted from 1750-1820. Some key characteristics of classical music include song-like melodies, simpler accompaniment, homophonic textures, and clear structural forms such as sonata form. Some of the most famous classical composers were Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven, who helped establish common genres such as the symphony, string quartet, and sonata. Sonata form became a dominant form of the classical period, featuring an exposition, development, and recapitulation.

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    Music of the Classical Period

    （ 1750-1820 ）
    Classical
    Comes from the Latin word: Classicus
    of or relating to the ancient Greek and Roman world and especially to its
    literature, art, or architecture.
    Classical Music

    • Music of the western art tradition


    • Complexity
    • Detail
    • Clearer texture
    • Less complex
    Enlightment
    • Baroque Music - Highly decorated, compliex textures,
    emotional extremes
    • Classical Music - Formal balance, singale melodies, emotion
    secondary
    Classical Music Chracteristics

    • Song-like melodies

    • Simpler accompaniment

    • Mostly homophonic textures

    • Clear-cut structural forms


    Public Concerts
    Classical Composers

    Joseph Haydn Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ludwig Van Beethoven


    (1732-1809) (1756-1791) (1770-1827)
    New Genres of the Classical Period
    Baroque Classical

    French Opera Overture Four movement symphony

    Trio Sonatas String Quartet

    Sonatas for solo instruments Standardized sonatas


    Sonata
    A group of pieces, called movements
    Movements: a piece which belongs to a sonata

    Moonlight Sonata Violin Sonata No.3


    I. Adagio Sostenuto I. Allegro
    II. Allegretto II. Adagio
    III. Presto Agitato III. Un Poco presto
    IV: Presto Agitato
    Sonata - Applied to works for up to two instruments
    String Quartet
    Symphony - A sonata for orchestra
    Concerto - A sonata for one or more solo instruments playing
    alongside an orchestra
    Symphony
    A full - Sized Sonata has four movements

    I. Important, dramatic - Sonata form


    II. Slow movement - Any form
    III. Minuet/Scherzo - Dance form
    IV. Finale - lively - Sonata or Rondo form

    It’s a carefully sequenced journey!


    Common forms of the Classical Period - Sonata Form

    • Developed from the rounded binary form


    • ABA
    • A = Exposition
    • B = Development
    • A = Recapitulation
    Exposition
    • Theme 1 - Home Tonic
    • Theme 2 - Contrasting Key

    • The themes will often have contrasting moods

    • Theme 1 --> Transition --> Theme 2


    Development
    • The composer can ‘run free’

    • Develop the material we’ve been exposed to

    • It will generally completely avoid either of the main keys from the
    exposition

    • It will probably move through a wide range of keys

    • The development must bring us back to the home key for the recapitulation

    • At the end of development, often a high point of tension/climax


    Recapitulation
    • Theme 1 --> Transition --> Theme 2

    • Change in use of instruments, dynamics, etc

    • It is not an exact repeat, but a re-telling with a twist

    • The second group will now be in te Home Tonic!

    • Opportunity for the composer to do something amazing!


    Coda
    • Gives a sense of finality
    • Ends in the home
    Classical Textures

    • Homophony textures

    Homophonic texture is when there is

    a single melody that is accompanied

    by one or more harmonic parts.


    Piano
    Piano
    Harpsichord vs Piano
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uCCw_hmILA

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9IaE2i-DmA
    Suprise Symphony
    More Composers

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