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1750 A.D. to 1800 A.D. A return to the intellect Classical Period 1750 A.D. to 1800 A.D. A return to the intellect

Politics/Cultural Political Democracy Revolutions Prior to this time everything was a monarchy Revolutions American Revolution – 1776 Americans vs. British Colony vs. Empire French Revolution – 1789 Bloody French vs. French Citizens vs. Nobility Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI beheaded 1793 Seventh Grade Fine Arts Classical Period

Seventh Grade Fine Arts Classical Period

Seventh Grade Fine Arts Classical Period

Seventh Grade Fine Arts Classical Period

Seventh Grade Fine Arts Classical Period

Politics/Cultural White House built – 1792 Benjamin Franklin experimenting with electricity Discovery of Oxygen (1774) and Hydrogen (1776) Seventh Grade Fine Arts Classical Period

Music Piano Change from the harpsichord Forte Piano Concert First time the word is used First time we really have people who are interested in coming to concerts or public events Sonata – three or four separate movements written for a single instrument, or for a combination of instruments Four stringed instruments – string quartet For an orchestra – symphony For solo instrument with orchestra accompaniment – concerto Seventh Grade Fine Arts Classical Period

Music Sonata Form – the standard form for instrumental pieces during the Classical period (Exposition) (Development) (Recapitulation) ║: Theme I Modulation Cadence :║: Development Modulation Recapitulation Cadence:║ Classic Symphony Outline of the 4 movement Classic Symphony Movement Tempo Key Form First Fast Tonic Sonata Form Second Slow Related Key Ternary, sonata form, theme & variation, rondo Third Moderately Fast compound ternary Fourth Fastest Sonata form, rondo, or sonata-rondo

Music Leitmotif – musical name for character, place, thing or idea Etude vs. Exercise Etude – piece of music that features at least one difficult technique Exercise – piece that focuses on drills and specific techniques Leitmotif – musical name for character, place, thing or idea

Composers Christoph Willibald Gluck Known as a reformer of opera Reforms Music without over the top ornamentation, expressive of the text, appropriate to the drama Each aria should fit the situation Get rid of the sharp contrast between the recitative and aria Relate the overture to the ensuing drama Ultimately sought for a balance between drama and music

Composers – Cont. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Great ability to play by the age of 4, composing by the age of 6. Le Nozze di Fiagro Die Zauberflöte – The Magic Flute Key types G major – Comic characters G minor – painful situations F major – the priests C minor – the otherworldly

Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” Oh Help Me – Tamino The Best Birdcatcher – Papageno You must free my daughter – Queen A Girlfriend – Papageno O endless night – Tamino O Listen – Tamino Let us Hurry – Pamina, Papageno What tinkles so brightly – Chorus

Composers – Cont. Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson American Music Glass Harmonica Thomas Jefferson After the federal library was burned during the War of 1812, he sold his books from his personal library to the government Had nine writings on music, and they form the core of the Music Division of the Library of Congress