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

Politics/CulturalPolitical

Democracy 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/CulturalWhite House built – 1792Benjamin Franklin experimenting with

electricityDiscovery of Oxygen (1774) and

Hydrogen (1776)

Seventh Grade Fine Arts Classical Period

MusicPiano

Change from the harpsichord Forte Piano Piano

Concert First time the word is used First time we really have people who are interested in

coming to concerts or public eventsSonata – 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 Tonic compound ternary

Fourth Fastest Tonic Sonata form, rondo, or sonata-rondo

Music 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 – TaminoThe Best Birdcatcher – PapagenoYou must free my daughter – QueenA Girlfriend – PapagenoO endless night – TaminoO Listen – TaminoLet us Hurry – Pamina, PapagenoWhat tinkles so brightly – Chorus

Composers – Cont.American Music

Benjamin FranklinGlass Harmonica

Thomas JeffersonAfter 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