Professional Documents
Culture Documents
(Age of
Enlightenment)
1750-1820
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Treatise on Harmony
Characteristics (Musical
Ideas):
Balance
Symmetry
Form Emphasize
Absolute
Intellectual Climate
Lyric and Drama
Musical Terms:
Empfindsamkeit
Opera buffa
Ballad
Crossover
Singspiel
Absolute Music
Cadenza
Sturm und drang
Form of Music:
Sonata
Sonata-allegro
Theme and Variations
Minuet and Trio
Rounded Binary
Scherzo
Rondo
Type of Music
Solo
Instrumental Concerto
Chamber Music (e.g. Divermento, Serenade,
Quartet, Quintet)
Orchestra
Symphony
Opera
Joseph Haydn