The document discusses classical music and its characteristics during the 18th century. It describes the context of the industrial revolution and neoclassical art. The key characteristics of classical music are clear melodies, balance, use of dynamics, and question/answer structure. Common musical forms from this period discussed include the sonata, minuet, rondo, and theme and variations. The sonata form has an exposition with two themes, a development section with more freedom, and a recapitulation. The minuet has an ABA structure like the dance.

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2. Context
 XVIII century: new
thoughts/ new society
(middle class)
 Industrial Revolution
 Neoclassical Art.
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3. Classical music characteristics
 Clear and simple
melodies and music
structure
 Balance, and
symmetrical
 Use of crescendo and
diminuendo
 Regular phrase structure
 “Question and answer”
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4.  2.1. CLASSICAL MUSIC1. Watch the following videos of some classical music
concerts. Then, in pairs, write the right answer for each question.
 The music…
 … uses acoustic instruments
 … uses electric instruments
 … uses no instruments
 The audience…
 … participates in the concert,
singing or dancing
 … remains silent
 The musicians…
 … have a score
 … don’t have a score
 The orchestra…
 … is conducted by a conductor
 … has no conductor
 The music…
 … was written by a well known
composer
 … was written by someone
anonymous
 The music is made of…
 … only voices
 … voices and instruments
 … only instruments
 The singers…
 … use lyrical techniques
 … sing in a less technical way
 The music…
 … seems serious
 … seems funny
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5.  VOCABULARY
 acoustic instruments
 electric instruments
 audience
 musician
 Score
 Orchestra
 conductor
 Composer
 anonymous
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6. Musical forms of the Classical
period
 In this period, pre-existing musicals forms were used,
but their structures became more clearly defined and
fixed: SONATA, MINUET, RONDO, THEME AND
VARIATIONS.
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7. SONATA
 Four movements/constrast in tempo.
 Form: ABA`
 Exposition (A): has two themes: theme A (more
energetic and rhytmic)+ theme B (more lyrical).
Bridge, Short Coda.
 Development: the composer have more freedom
 Reexposition (A´): similar to the exposition, but with
some modifications. It ends with a final coda.
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10. Minuet
 Its and ABA structure.
 The dance of the same
name also has this
structure.
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11.  VOCABULARY
 Pre-existing
 Exposition
 Development
 Coda
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