1st Edition
MUS-M 402: History & Lit of Music Ii
School: Indiana University, Bloomington (IUB )
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Pages: 2As Sonata Form is introduced, today's lecture poses the historical question of whether music does in fact get simpler as time moves on...or just more complex. -
Pages: 2Josef Haydn was the last of composers to compose in an old fashioned style as the household musician to Prince Nicholas the Great of Esterhazy. Because he was not dependent of public support for his works, he had the ability and freedom to compose in a variety of different styles. -
Pages: 2Gluck's "Operatic Manifesto", or "reform" created and utilized a classical aesthetic with the repetition of simple elements in a "perfect order". Using dramatic integration and expected syntax, tremendous power was generated in these operas through a variety of means and very predictable materials. -
Pages: 2With Rousseau's introduction of opera buffa to France, its popularity grew rapidly. People wanted to watch characters that were relatable to everyday life. The basso buffa and patter songs set the tone for all future operas from this time forward. -
Pages: 2This lecture introduces students to Music of the Western Art Tradition as a classical order emerges at the conclusion of the Baroque Period. New ideas in composition, form, and style of writing stem from Europe's Enlightenment period as a merchant class emerges and the shift in how people think begins.