2 19 The Enlightenment Music and the Human Experience with Professor Kattari Extra credit add 5 classical songs and movie autobiography report due March 31 The Enlightenment Era Objectivity and knowledge Immanuel Kant 1784 Enlightenment is man s emergence from self incurred immaturity dare to know Think challenge discuss Salons places where people go to engage in logical discussions In class 2 examples of paintings reflective of enlightenment Democratic Revolutions Weakened French monarchy Louis XIV d 1715 Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II 1765 1790 changed view of gov t to enlightened absolutism American Revolution 1775 1783 French Revolution 1789 1799 End of French monarchy and Roman Empire Revolutionary context in Music God save the King Queen o Anonymous melody my country tis of thee o 1744 Thomas Arne put words to the song to describe the Scot rebellion Gott Erhalte Franz Den Kaiser Protect monarch for Holy Roman Emperor o Haydn o 1797 Austria HRE threatened by French Revolution o Song written for HRE Francis II Chester Revolutionary o William Billings o Boston o 1st American Songwriter o Published hymn songbooks o Chester 1770 SATB Unofficial anthem of the Revolutionary war La Marseillaise Revolutionary o 1792 France under attack by Austria and Prussia Chaude Rouget de Lisle France s first national anthem In class movie Amadeus Haydn six quartets music for patrons and amateurs Mozart wrote happy medium between what is too easy and too difficult easy on the ear music must never offend the ear
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