MUS M 402 1st Edition Lecture 1 Outline of Last Lecture I N A this is the first lecture for this semester Outline of Current Lecture II Exploring Music of the Western Art Tradition III Review of Baroque Binary Form IV Introduction to Emerging Classical Binary Form Current Lecture I II III Exploring Music of the Western Art Tradition a Following the Baroque music of the Pre Classical Period emerges with a distinct new aesthetic ideal i Corresponding with the Enlightenment period in Europe and the rise of the middle class a new aesthetic ideal of naturalness emerges 1 Composers chose to create music based on a more simple aesthetic appeal reflecting what is natural in sound a This sharply contrasts the previous complexity with which music was composed in the Baroque Period 2 The Bourgeoisie the merchant class that emerges in Europe in the mid 18th century as European class structure and they way people think began to change a Composers like Sammartini begin to write in the new gallant style simplicity with big cadential markings that clearly defined the distinction between different sections Review of Baroque Binary Form a II I V II V FOP I II i FOP far out point Typical Bach method of composing ideas based on the term fortspinnung which translates to the spinning out of ideas in German 1 This was done with repetition of main themes or the transposing and sequencing of ideas Emerging Classical Binary Form a This was the transitional form between the Baroque and what later becomes Sonata form b II I V II in V FOP on V I II in Dom in Tonic i Notice that the second half begins to split into 2 sections These 2 sections later will become known as the Development and Recapitulation sections of Sonata Form
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