Unit 11 (3ESO) Music of the Classical Period

MUSIC OF THE CLASSICAL PERIOD

UNIT 11 DAY 1 - The Classical Period.

   

Questionnaire (Unit 11 Day 1 - Forty-First Lecture of 3ESO)

Features of Classicism.
    Idealism, positivism, formal perfection and proportion.

Classicism (Classical Period Music) comprises the second half of the eighteenth century and the first two decades of the nineteenth century. It is characterized by its idealistic and positivist stance that seeks perfection of form. If art is provided, the human being that produces and by extension the society in which he lives is harmonic. This optimistic attitude leads to create a stream of free thinkers known by the name of illustration.

Once Upon A Time Man 20of26 The Age Of Reason 18th Century


   

Hanon Aloud - Exercise 51 (Day 1)
Fifth Pentatonic Patern from A.

A – G – A – A / G – E – G – G / E – D – E – E / C – A – C – A



Recorder 2ESO



UNIT 11 DAY 2 - Structural perfection.

   

Questionnaire (Unit 11 Day 2 - Fourty-Second Lecture of 3ESO)

 Classical Music Features.
    Symmetrical musical phrase, Tonality, virtuosism and tonic and dominant contrast.

 Outstanding composers of Classicism.
    Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, but we can find other composers like Stamitz and the Spanish Mateo Albéniz and Arriaga.

Classical Period Music in symmetrical musical phrase, the exhaustive key, the virtuosity of the performers and the eternal struggle between the stability of the tonic and the dominant strain is practiced.

Classical Period - Music - Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart


   

Hanon Aloud - Exercise 51 (Day 2)
Fifth Pentatonic Patern from A.

A – G – A – A / G – E – G – G / E – D – E – E / C – A – C – A


Recorder 2ESO



UNIT 11 DAY 3 - Symphony (I).

   

Questionnaire (Unit 11 Day 3 - Fourty-Third Lecture of 3ESO)

Basic structure of the Sonata form.
    There are three types: AABA where Part A is the exposition and B the development.

 Different Kinds of Sonatas..
    Monothematics or bithematics, depending on whether you have one or two main melodies in the exposure.
    

The most advanced form of composition of classicism is the symphony and is based on a first movement called sonata form. It presents the AABA structure where part A is exposition and B development. Part A has one or two issues that are linked by bridges. The second movement is slow and has the shape of Lied ABA.

Birth of the symphony: Handel to Haydn

Beethoven Symphony 5 Movement I (Annotated Analysis)

Beethoven Symphony 5 Movement II (Annotated Analysis)


   

Hanon Aloud - Exercise 52 (Day 1)
Arpeggio followed by melodic lines in the first and fourth grades. 


C – E – G – D – F – B / C – D – C – B – G – E / F – G – F – E – D – B


Recorder 2ESO



UNIT 11 DAY 4 - Symphony (& II). 

   

Questionnaire (Unit 11 Day 4 - Forty-Fourth Lecture of 3ESO)

Movements of the Symphony.
    First the Sonata form AABA, second the Lied ABA, Third the Minuet or Scherzo and fourth the end or a return to the Sonata form.


The third movement went from a minuet, a dance ternary rhythm, or divertimento scherzo. The final character used to be a return to the first movement. It could be a theme with variations, a rondo or sonata time.

Beethoven's 4th Symphony Form Analysis: Scherzo

Beethoven Symphony 5 Movement III and IV (Annotated Analysis)


   

Hanon Aloud - Exercise 52 (Day 2)
Arpeggio followed by melodic lines in the first and fourth grades. 


C – E – G – D – F – B / C – D – C – B – G – E / F – G – F – E – D – B

Recorder 2ESO





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          This unit we have learnt...
(Unit 11 3ESO)


    1. Classicism (Classical Period in Music) comprises the second half of the eighteenth century and the first two decades of the nineteenth century.

    2. It is characterized by its idealistic and positivist stance that seeks perfection of form.

    3. Classical Music Features: Symmetrical musical phrase, Tonality, virtuosism and tonic and dominant contrast.

    4. Composers of Classicism: Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, but we can find other composers like Stamitz and the Spanish Mateo Albéniz and Arriaga.

    5 The basic structure of the Sonata form is AABA where Part A is the exposition and B the development. It could be monothematic and bithematic.

    6. The movements of the Symphony are first the Sonata form AABA, second the Lied ABA, third the Minuet or Scherzo and fourth the coda or a return to the Sonata form.