late 18th haydn, mozart

Question 1

late classical valeus

Answer 1

• Classicalism reach its peak by late 18th,
• Haydn and Mozart among the remarkable, experienced currents that led up to the French revolution,
• Mozart a pianist and skilled string player
• Haydn a fine violinist who also conducted from harpsichord

Question 1

hydn 1732-1809

Answer 1

• Lived longer than Mozart,
• Built up orchestra of 25 players.
• Operas and concert became weekly events and almost every day in the prince’s private apartment,
• Met Mozart through trips to Vienna around 1784

had to compose on demand for the king, in england

Question 2

hyden key board sonatas

Answer 2

for ameature players,
three movements, intimate and sentimental feeligns,

Question 3

voca and operas

Answer 3

three serious operas,
vocal work masses with full orchestra and four soloits,

Question 4

mozart

Answer 4

• Boring in Salzburg so he decides to move for more opportunities,
• Wanted a good position in Germany or France,
• Commissioned to compose an opera seria for Munich,
• string quartets - chamber works
• 13th piano sonatas, serenades for garden parties, weddings and or birthdays,

Question 5

vienna years

Answer 5

• His first years went well, his singspiel die Entfuhrung aus dem serial was performed repeatedly.
• Idolized as a pianist and composer,
• The political instability years follow, a war with the turns reduces the patronage,

piano sonata, quartets, symphonies

Question 6

opera mozart

Answer 6

composed for stage,

• Singspiel – romantic-comic story of adventure and rescue in a Turkish harem,
• Provided a taste of exotic while making the Turks, long standing enemies of Austria Hungary seem less threatening,

don giovanni -

• Mozart uses overture to set the dramatic tone of the opera, mixture of tragedy and farce,
• Three dif characters, representing a diff social class,
• Donna and anna are nobles – elevated dramatic tone of opera seria,
• Leporello is lower class, opera buffa,

Question 7

Symphonies after 1782

Answer 7

• Like the French overture,
• Double Dotted rhythms, intense harmony
• Making it suspenseful, wandering away from the key and make a return,
• The finales balance the serious and important opening movement with a highly crafted counterweight,