european music
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(1) BAROQUE (CA. 1600-1750)(2) CLASSICAL (CA. 1750-1820)(3) ROMANTIC (CA. 1820-1900)
European Music
Baroque (ca. 1600-1750)
Bachhistorical context:
European monarchs vie in displaying pride, pomp, pageantry
monarchs employ court composersgenres:
opera introduced concerto a staple dances formalized into instrumental suites
characteristics: harpsichord heavy ornamentation
Classical (ca. 1750-1820)
Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven (B. on cusp w/ Romanticism)
historical context: new aristocracies replacing monarchs/church as arts patrons
demanded impersonal, but tuneful & elegant music Vienna = musical center (Viennese style)
genres: dances symphonies sonatas string quartets
characteristics: clean, uncluttered (reaction against Baroque’s heavy
ornamentation)
Romantic (ca. 1820-1900)
Mendelssohn, Schumann, Chopin, Berlioz, Liszt, Verdi, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky
genres: opera symphonies ballets concertos
sources of inspiration: German folk stories, contemporary Italian literature indigenous history & legends
characteristics: **emotional** nationalism
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