Download 3 september 2

Baroque revision question
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Listen to the following extract and
comment on the following:
Tonality
Tempo
Meter
Instrumentation
Texture
Dynamics
Melody
Style
Period
Composer
Minor key signatures review
The Classical Era
c.1750 - 1830
Saw
a move away from the ornate styles of
the baroque period
Music used well balanced and clear cut
structures
Melodic lines were simple and clear and
also graceful and contained regular phrasing
Main compositions were: Classical
Symphony, String Quartet, Concerto and
Solo Sonata
Composers
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The period was dominated by 3 Viennese
composers (the Viennese School):
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Beethoven spanned 2 musical periods. His early
music was in the classical style and his later
music around the turn of the century was very
much Romantic in spirit
The Orchestra
The harpsichord was still used in
orchestras but as the brass and woodwind
sections evolved it was no longer used
 At the start of the classical period the
orchestra was still small, but soon grew
with the addition of wind instruments
 At the end of the 18th century the newly
invented clarinet joined the woodwind
section
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Standard Classical Orchestra
Strings: Violins, Violas, Cellos, Double
Basses
 Woodwinds: Flutes, Oboes, Clarinets,
Bassoons
 Brass: Trumpets, French Horns
 Percussion: Timpani
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Listening
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Mozart: Eine Kleine Nacht Musik (1787)