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Rococo (1725-1775)

Rococo (1725-1775). End of Baroque ---> 1750 Beginning of Classical - 1750 ---> Ornate - enchantment of the senses Age of Enlightenment - desire to systematize all knowledge. Composers of the Rococo. François Couperin - keyboard Jean Philippe Rameau - Treatise on Harmony

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Rococo (1725-1775)

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  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

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