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Enlightenment: Music & Art. Baroque vs. Rococo. Baroque: During time of absolute monarchs Grand & complex; painting were huge, colorful, & full of excitement Glorified historic battles or lives of saints Matched the grandeur of European courts Rococo: mid-1700s
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Baroque vs. Rococo Baroque: • During time of absolute monarchs • Grand & complex; painting were huge, colorful, & full of excitement • Glorified historic battles or lives of saints • Matched the grandeur of European courts Rococo: • mid-1700s • Personal, elegant, charming, delicate • Rural settings surrounded by happy servants and pets
Enlightenment Music: from Baroque to Classical • New kinds of musical entertainment evolved during this era – ballets and operas • Music followed ordered, structured forms suited to the Age of Reason (Enlightenment)
Johann Sebastian Bach1685-1750 • Baroque Period - wrote complex, beautiful religious works for organ and choirs • Works include the Brandenburg Concertos, Fugue in C Minor, Fugue in D Minor
George Frederick Handel1685-1759 • Baroque Period - wrote Water Music for King George I of England • Most famous work, the Messiah, is a standard at Christmas and Easter
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1756-1791 • Classical Period- wrote over 600 works including brilliant operas, symphonies, and religious music that defined a new style of composition (see p. 454) • Works include EineKleineNachmusick • Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro
Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827 • Classical Period-regarded as one of the most important of a generation of young composers following Haydn and Mozart • Completely deaf by his 30s, he continued to compose, conduct, and perform • Works include Symphony No. 3 (Eroica), Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 9 (Ode to Joy), Für Elise, Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 (Pathétique)