General Music Day Twenty One

Bell Work How To Always LABEL you bell work with the date. You may use the same page for several of your bell works. ALWAYS use at least THREE complete sentences to answer the question. Save your bell work for bell work check in’s. If you miss class, you may go onto Mrs V’s website to get the missed bell work question. It is YOUR responsibility to get the bell work completed.

Bell Work #21 What role does music play in your everyday life? Consider both “real” music (radio, ipod, television, Etc.) and “accidental” music (the tapping of a pencil, humming, whistling, etc.) Use three complete sentences!

Planner Homework: No Homework

Today I will learn: I will learn about Haydn and Mozart

Joseph Haydn In Austria, in 1809, two well-respected scientists secretly dug up the body of a recently deceased composer and removed his head! Haydn portrait by Thomas Hardy, 1792

150 years genius inconclusive The scientists wanted to conduct experiments to determine whether ______ was related to ________. Their research was __________. Haydn’s head was not reunited with his body for almost ____________! genius head-size inconclusive 150 years

rags-to-riches 1732 freelance musician Haydn’s life was a classic ____________ story. He was born in _____. After losing his position as a _______, he barely managed to make ends meet as a _______________. 1732 choirboy freelance musician

Kapellmeister (musical director) 30 years orchestra the Esterhazy family Haydn was hired by __________________, a wealthy Hungarian family. He was their _________________________. He worked for them for _______. This provided Haydn with access to a fine ________ to compose for. Kapellmeister (musical director) 30 years orchestra

Mozart Haydn, along with _______ (Haydn’s close friend) and _________ (Haydn’s student), represent the Classical style of music written in the 18th century. While Baroque music was very complex and fancy, Classical music was ___________ _____________. Beethoven simpler and more restrained

104 Symphonies 83 String Quartets 62 piano sonatas choral music Haydn wrote at least: 104 Symphonies 83 String Quartets 62 piano sonatas choral music many instrumental works Haydn portrait by Ludwig Guttenbrunn, painted ca. 1791-2, depicts Haydn ca. 1770

Fast Facts: Name: Joseph Haydn Dates: 1732-1809 Country of birth: Austria Historical Era: Classical Contemporary Composers: Mozart, Beethoven Contemporary Artists: Thomas Gainsborough Other People/Events: Napoleon, Jane Austen, Australia discovered by Captain Cook, French Revolution, American War of Independence, Invention of the steam engine

Fun Fact: Haydn had a fabulous sense of humor which was often reflected in his music. On one occasion, his orchestra in the Esterhazy court was well overdue for some time off, so Haydn found a novel way to inform the Prince. He composed a new symphony, entitled the “Farewell Symphony” which ended by the orchestra members departing the stage one by one, leaving only Haydn and one other musician on stage. The Prince got the hint and the group began packing the next day!

“Farewell Symphony” Composer: Haydn Historical Era: Classical Type of composition: Instrumental Genre: Symphony Click here for song!

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Downloading music illegally from the internet is considered a fairly modern crime. Yet…

once 1770 Austrian Sistine Chapel In Rome in _____, a 14 year old ________ boy committed the 18th century equivalent of illegal downloading. When Mozart was in the ____________ in Rome, he heard a piece of music that was so special it was illegal to write it down or sing it outside the Chapel. Having heard it _____, he wrote out the five-part work from memory. Sistine Chapel once

3 5 9 Mozart’s musical genius became apparent at a very young age. He started learning the __________ at age ____. He had written his first composition by the time he was ___. He completed his first symphony at the age of ___. harpsichord 3 5 9

600 Symphonies Operas Sonatas Concertos Dance music Masses Mozart was an extremely hard worker and produced over _____ works of every traditional form popular during the time, including: Symphonies Operas Sonatas Concertos Dance music Masses 600 Portrait of Mozart as a young man by Carl Traugott Riedel (1769–1832)

Mozart had the ability to write beautiful music with seemingly little effort. He also had a rather _________ sense of humor and was fond of telling jokes and inventing silly poems. He died of an unknown illness at ____, and was completely penniless. eccentric 35

Fast Facts: Name: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Dates: 1756-1791 Country of birth: Austria Historical Era: Classical Contemporary Composers: Haydn, Beethoven Contemporary Artists: Jean Honore Fragonard, Gainsborough Other People/Events:

Fun Fact: One evening, Mozart was attending a party where famous composer, Josef Haydn was present. Mozart bet a case of champagne that Haydn could not play at sight, a piece Mozart had just written. Haydn accepted, sat down at the harpsichord and began to play. He had only played a few bars when he had to stop, as the music required him to play two notes at either end of the keyboard and one right in the middle. He declared that it was impossible to play with only two hands! Mozart then took his place at the keyboard and when he got to the “impossible” section, he bent down and played the middle note with his nose! Haydn had to reluctantly concede!

“Requiem Mass in d minor- Lacrimosa” Composer: Mozart Historical Era: Classical Type of composition: Instrumental & Vocal Genre: Mass Click here for song!

Exit: 3-2-1 Use complete sentences 1. Write down three things you found interesting about today’s lesson. 2. Write down two things you learned. 3. Write down one question you still have about today’s topic.