Periods Flashcards
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Classical era
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- 1750-1820
A musical period
Centrally developed in Europe, especially in Vienna
Harmonic simplicity
Expectation for 4-measure phrases
A phrase only employs 3-4 chords
More chamber groups
2
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Romanticism
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- a movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual
- praising the past, looking forward to the Medieval era, and abandoning classicism
3
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Classicism versus Romanticism
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- Classicism focused on reason and strict adherence to traditional rules and forms, viewing the world through logic and order.
- Romanticism emphasized imagination, emotion, and individualism, seeing nature and humanity as ever-changing and defying strict rules.
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Classicism
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- 1750-1820
- an aesthetic attitude dependent on principles based in the culture, art, and literature of Ancient Greece and Rome, with the emphasis on form, simplicity, proportion, clarity of structure, perfection and restrained emotion, as well as explicit appeal to the intellect.
