trend‚ laid no foundation on which future composers could build‚ but merely perpetuated a dilettante tradition rooted in the past" 2. Even his inventions were obsolete after his generation. A leather or cork pick instead of a quill pick for the harpsichord failed to make a difference in
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Classical Period (1750-1820) • the year Bach died • "Classical" - Greek/Roman antiquity -many enduring creation or accomplishment -Any music that’s not jazz‚ folk‚ rap‚ rock‚ pop‚ etc. What Classical really is: •Clarity‚ Purity‚ Logical •Age/Time of enlightenment •Value of Reason; Reason is the best guide to human conduct •People believed in progress •People attacked the privileges of aristocrats and the clergy Master Composers: 1. Franz Joseph Haydn >Father of Symphonies
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visited by a priest who comes to hear Salieri’s confession‚ and it is this confession that forms the film’s narrative and the root of Salieri’s agony. Before telling his confession‚ Salieri plays for the priest a few of his own musical pieces on the harpsichord. However‚ although years before these musical pieces had been nothing but popular and famous‚ they were now completely unrecognized by the priest. The film puts its focus on Antonio Salieri’s relationship/obsession with Mozart. Salieri‚ the narrator
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music when he was four and he started to write minuets by the age of five. When Mozart was around eight or nine‚ he started to write symphonies. Mozart also played quite a few instruments. When he was three years old he was already playing the harpsichord. He also was very talented on the keyboard and played the violin very well. Mozart was so naturally gifted when it came to music that when he was blindfolded‚ he was able to recognize the played notes. This was said that he had "perfect pitch."
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POULENC-------------------TROIS NOVELETTES POUR PIANO (TIME) (1899-1963) i. NOVELETTE IN C MAJOR‚ NO.1 ii. NOVELETTE IN B-FLAT MINOR‚ NO.2 PROGRAMME NOTES TOCCATA IN E MINOR‚ BWV 914 [c. 1710] Johanne Sebastian Bach’s The Toccata in E minor‚ composed for harpsichord‚ dates from 1707-11. An exploratory prelude first tests the possibilities of a three-note gesture‚ constructed of a small dip down and then a return to the starting note. When a four-voice fugue enters‚ it incorporates that same three-note motive
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body with a flat front that is shaped like a halved egg. The lute is used in a great variety of instrumental music from the Medieval to the late Baroque eras and was the most important instrument for secular music in the Renaissance. What is a harpsichord? Where were these instruments often found? A keyboard instrument with horizontal strings that run perpendicular to the keyboard in a long tapering case and are plucked by points of quill‚ leather‚ or plastic operated by depressing the keys. It is
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Johan Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach‚ Thuringia‚ Germany on March 31‚ 1685. Bach had prestigious musical lineage and took multiple organist positions during the eighteenth century‚ creating famous pieces such as “Toccata and Fugue in D minor‚” also‚ and “Mass in B Minor‚” The “Brandenburg Concertos and “The Well-Tempered Clavier” Bach came from a family of musician. Bach’s father worked as the town musician in Eisenach. Where he taught Bach how to play the violin. At age seven‚ Bach went to
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Referring to Bach’s Brandenburg concerto no 2 in F major 1st movement allegro (up to end of page 6)‚ write a critical analysis of the score excerpt. You should refer to as many of the topics studied‚ as is possible‚ including the following: a) Examples of diatonic harmony b) Unison c) Disjunct and conjunct melody d) Ostinato e) Phrasing and articulation Candidate number: 2199931 Word count: 432 In the Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F Major 1st movement allegro‚ there is use of diatonic harmony
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Within sixty years of the opera’s appearance‚ new concepts developed such as the aria‚ which similarly to a theatrical soliloquy‚ real time stops. “In an aria‚ the librettist provides words that pause and reflect and the composer creates music that interprets and deepens the emotions behind those words” (L12‚ 8:12). About “the year 1660‚ the aria had joined recitative as one of the two essential aspects of operatic dramaturgy” (L12‚ 30:21). “Unlike recitative in which the words carry the expressive
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The difference between Baroque and classical music begins with the era that they came into transition. Baroque music emerged in ‘Italy during the renaissance period between 1600 and 1750’s. Baroque orchestras are small in size and the use of the harpsichord (harp) is popular in this style of music. Baroque requires the use of many string instruments such as; the violin‚ violoncello‚ viola‚ and contrabass. The organ and flute were also among the instruments used to create baroque music. Bach’s Brandenburg
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