1 / 5

Classical Music

Classical Music. 1750-1825. What was happening in the world? . Cultural movement modeled after Classical Antiquity Classical Antiquity- emphasis on Greece during the time of Homer and the decline of the Roman Empire.

santos
Download Presentation

Classical Music

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Classical Music 1750-1825

  2. What was happening in the world? • Cultural movement modeled after Classical Antiquity • Classical Antiquity- emphasis on Greece during the time of Homer and the decline of the Roman Empire. • Simplicity and Clean Structure became common themes in literature, architecture, society, and music. • Isaac Newton was nearing the end of his life at the beginning of the Classical Period • His formulas and theories demonstrated the organized ideology and characteristics of Classicism

  3. French Revolution 1789-1799 • American Revolutionary War 1775-1783 • Marie Antoinette loses her head 1755-1793 • Benjamin Franklin • Scientific revolution • Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815

  4. What was going on in music? • In reflection of the Classicism movement, music developed similar characteristics • Clean and organized forms (structure) • Sonata • Sonata Allegro From • Exposition, Development, and Recapitulation • Clear motifs and themes • Repeated within the form • Strict tonal structure • Harmonic relationships • Tonic and Dominant

  5. Con’t • Homophony • Clear melody and subordinate harmony • Abrupt changes in mood • Dynamics • Subito= suddenly • subito p • subito f • Contrasting themes

More Related