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OBJECTIVES:
Explain the transition period from
Baroque period to Classical Period.
Describe how musical elements
are used in Classical Music.
Listen Perceptively to selected
Classical period music.
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“Music Is said to be the

rejoicing of the heart;
music comforteth the
mind and feareth the
enemy ”
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E X P O S I T I O N:
1750 to 1820 is the AGE Of
REASON
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Development:
- Transition period is called the
PRECLASSICAL PERIOD
- Three Musical Styles
a) Rococo
b) Empfindsamer Stil
c) Preclassical Style
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- this style is also known as STYLE GALANT.

- Composers of this style were Francois
Couperin, Jean-Philippe Rameau and
George Philipp Telemann.
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- It is also style gallant but with more

enhanced and intensified expressiveness.
- Composers of this style were Wilhelm
Friedemann Bach and Carl Philipp
Emanuel Bach
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- It is characterized by changes in concepts

of form, style and medium used in the
previous period.
- Fusions of styles were employed during
Preclassical period.
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TEXTURE

It is HOMOPHONIC.
It creates simple texture as
opposed to the massive sound of
Baroque Music.
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MELODY

Melodies are typically short,

lyrical and easy to sing.
Melodic lines are more
diatonic than baroque music.
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HARMONY
Is a lot simpler than that of the
Baroque.
It uses more on the primary
chords – tonic (I) subdominant
(IV) and dominant (V)
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DYNAMICS
widely use of forte (loud) and piano
(soft).
this led to the replacement of the
harpsichord by the piano which was
perfected by Bartolomeo Cristofori
from Florence, Italy.
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FORM
Music was organized into
precise, well-balanced and
clear sections.
The ABA structure in music
was commonly used.
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IMPROVISATION
Importance of the basso continuo had
been reduced during this period.
Clearly indicated harmony,
ornamentation, dynamics and phrasing.
Baroque music uses basso continuo,
Classical music uses ALBERTI BASS.
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A broken chord figure named after Domenico Alberti.