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Mozart and Beethoven- Lecture Notes - The Language of Music - MUS 241 HONORS - 11/14, Study notes of Music

This section of notes explains the lives of Mozart and Beethoven. It also goes into detail about two famour operas: The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni.

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2011/2012

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Download Mozart and Beethoven- Lecture Notes - The Language of Music - MUS 241 HONORS - 11/14 and more Study notes Music in PDF only on Docsity! MUSIC 241 Classical Period Lecture 3 Mozart’s Music 1. Composed masterpieces in all musical forms of his time 2. Music sings 3. Beautiful lyricism, daring harmonies 4. Power and elegance in a unique way 5. His works represent the late 18th century musical style at its highest perfection 1. He conceived everything in his head as singing 2. Brought up with Italian opera 3. Everything is basically an opera 4. POWERFUL ELEGANCE MEANS: stylized differently than Bach a. Mozart changed opera (passion, lyricism) Mozart and Opera 1. Master at combining music and stage direction 2. Created characters through tone 3. Comedies, Italian 4. Marriage of Figaro 5. Don Giovanni a. Cosi Fan Tutte (Thus do they all) b. Serious and comic characters i. Don Juan 1. Big seducer/raper 2. Tries to seduce woman a. Father protected her and they got into a swordfight b. Don killed him 3. Hides in cemetery a. Finds statue of man he killed b. Goes down to hell without dying first ii. Don Juan Servant 1. Leoperello 2. Comic relief 3. Catalog aria a. Madamina i. The women Don Juan has been with 6. The Magic Flute (German) a. 3 assistants of Queen of the Night b. Tamino c. Pamino (couple with Tamino) d. Papageno = Papgena e. Sarastra – Pamino’s father – high priest of Free Masons f. Queen of the Night i. 2nd aria ii. High C 7. Most of all Mozart’s operas are sung in Italian and are comedies Beethoven 1. Born in Bonn, Germany 2. Abusive childhood 3. Grew up around political upheaval a. French revolution 4. Spent his life in Vienna 5. Rebelled against social convention 6. Age 29 : started feeling first symptoms of deafness Beethoven’s Music 1. Transitional composer between classical and romantic music 2. Opened new realms of musical expression 3. Music not just entertainment but a moral force 4. Music reflects tortured personality 5. Gave classical forms/techniques new power and intensity 6. Tension/excitement built up through dissonance and rhythm 7. Range of pitch/ dynamics greater 8. Composed in every medium of his time More on Beethoven’s Life 1. (1770-1827) 2. Father was severe alcoholic a. Saw $$ in Beethoven b. Came home drunk and would beat him until he practiced 3. Age 18 a. Moved to Vienna b. Mother died
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