1. Rococo (1725-1775)  End of Baroque ---> 1750  Beginning of Classical - 1750 --->  Ornate - enchantment of the senses  Age of Enlightenment - desire to systematize all knowledge

2. Composers of the Rococo  François Couperin - keyboard  Jean Philippe Rameau - Treatise on Harmony  C.P.E. Bach - 2nd son of J.S. Bach - Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Music  Christoph Willibald Gluck - opera - dramatic truth and expressiveness

3. Baroque and Classical Styles  Chart on p. 191 (Machlis, Forney)  Continue your large chart on style –Add new items or categories e.g. dynamics

4. Development of musical ideas  “Thinking, whether in words or tones, demands continuity and sequence.” p. 193 (Machlis, Forney)

5. Musical Ideas - motive  Beethoven, Symphony #5 in C minor –Opening motive (dah-dah-dah-DAH) –Repeated immediately (sequence) –Rising sequences - thematic development –Listening Example #17, pp. 238-241

6. Vocabulary  Theme  Thematic Development (expansion)  Motive (fragment)  Sequence  Ostinato  Repetition

7. Sonata Cycle  Sonata (Italian suonare, to sound)  Absolute (or pure) music –No story line. Form is especially important  Instrumental Genre - 3-4 movements –Concerto, symphony, string quartet, solo, duo

8. Sonata  1st movement - Sonata Allegro form - dramatic –Exposition. Development. Recapitulation. Coda (see chart on p. 199, M & F) –Also known as sonata form  2nd movement - Variations or ABA - lyrical  3rd movement - Minuet and Trio or Scherzo and Trio - dance like –See chart on p. 201, M & F  4th movement - Sonata Allegro or Sonata Rondo, or Theme and Variations - lively