Life and work Main article: Beethoven: life and work Beethoven was born in Bonn‚ Germany‚ to Johann van Beethoven (1740-1792)‚ of Flemish origins‚ and Magdalena Keverich van Beethoven (1744-1787). Until relatively recently 16 December was shown in many reference works as Beethoven’s ’date of birth’‚ since we know he was baptised on 17 December and children at that time were generally baptised the day after their birth. However modern scholarship declines to rely on such assumptions. Beethoven’s
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“Sensitive Style”; used by CPE Bach in his Keyboard Sonata; in this style‚ it is almost as if the phrases are one gesture after another (not really connected in any way) the composition is VERY intimate with ornamentations; the melody is fragmented and improvised‚ very emotional with embellishments everywhere Alberti Bass: A style of bass accompaniment used in piano sonatas (a style of arpeggiation‚ keeps the pieces moving) (used in Mozart’s piano sonatas!!) Opera Buffa: Comical opera‚ always in Italian
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second violins‚ viola and cello. When writing for the string quartet‚ the composer had to overcome the lack of contrasting tone colours through the use of beautiful melodic and harmonic lines. Most string quartets included two allegro movements in sonata-allegro form‚ an andante and a dance movement. The Symphony: The symphony had its roots in opera overtures. It was the first monumental form written exclusively for instrumentalists. In their symphonies‚ usually longer‚
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Symphony the sonata form would truly be a subjective judgment.I will first explain how this movement fits the sonata form; then I will discuss how it diverges from this form in rather fascinating ways. Broadly speaking‚ the first movement can be divided into three pieces‚ each beginning with a version of what I have denoted A_0‚ the introduction to the piece in which motifs float around in a constant void‚ gaining energy‚ and morphing into musical themes.If we were to impose the sonata structure
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Symphony the sonata form would truly be a subjective judgment. I will first explain how this movement fits thesonata form; then I will discuss how it diverges from this form in rather fascinating ways. Broadly speaking‚ the first movement can be divided in to three pieces‚ each beginning with a version of what I have denoted A_0‚ the introduction to the piece inwhich motifs float around in a constant void‚ gaining energy‚ and morphing into musicalthemes. If we were to impose the sonata structure
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who tried to work as a free lance artist‚ and died a pauper. A. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart B. Ludwig von Beethoven C. Franz Joseph Haydn D. Franz Schubert 5. A typical sequence of movements in a classical concerto is A. fast‚ slow‚ fast B. slow‚ fast‚ slow C. fast‚ dance-related‚ fast D. fast‚ slow‚ dance-related‚ fast 6. Which of the following is an optional part of a sonata-form movement? A. exposition |C. coda | B. development |D. recapitulation | 7. A _____________
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Presented to: Ma’am Chesyl Momin Date: February 9‚ 2012 The Classical Era spanned roughly 80 years in music history and gave us 3 of the most famous composers of all time: Mozart‚ Beethoven and Haydn. The classical era spans roughly 80 years in music history during the 18th and 19th centuries and is often associated with the movement called the Age of Reason. It is defined by a return to symmetry and simplicity not only in music‚ but
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Musical maturity Between 1798 and 1802 Beethoven tackled what he considered the pinnacles of composition: the string quartet and the symphony. With the composition of his first six string quartets (Op. 18) between 1798 and 1800 (written on commission for‚ and dedicated to‚ Prince Lobkowitz)‚ and their publication in 1801‚ along with premieres of the First and Second Symphonies in 1800 and 1802‚ Beethoven was justifiably considered one of the most important of a generation of young composers following
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Second Listening Assignment MUSC 220 Ludwig van Beethoven‚ 1770-1827. Classical Period Symphony No. 5 in C minor‚ Op. 67 This piece is relatively long compared to the music written in previous periods such as Medieval‚ Renaissance and Baroque. Beethoven is known to have stretched the musical forms of the Classical period‚ which were already different in nature and length to those in previous periods. This piece appears to be more distorted than other symphonies in the same period; even music
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essay will include an introduction‚ and then use examples of works from Mozart‚ Haydn and Beethoven to discuss the historical significance and evolution of the six genres of the Viennese Classical Style. I. The String Quartet; II. the Symphony and the Symphony Orchestra; III. Sonata; IV. The Concerto; V. Serenade This essay will also describe the four forms found in the four-movement symphony. Sonata allegro; Ternary; Theme and Variations; Rondo Introduction The social and political scene
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