On page 101 in your textbook, the caption accompanying the illustration reads: “During the baroque period, musicians often played with amateurs in music clubs or university music societies, getting together in private homes, coffee-houses, and taverns.” Explain how this differs or is the same as our world today. After listening to all the compositions in this unit, select one and compare/contrast it to a song we might hear in our homes, coffee-houses, or taverns. Then explain how The Baroque Period was different than The Classical Period. Include the exploration of the city of Vienna during The Classical Period. Incorporate in your exploration the music and lives of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven in this city. Listen to their works in Unit IV. How are they different? How are they the same? Was their music played in private homes, coffee-houses, and taverns?
Listen to the Hallelujah Chorus. Have you heard it before? How many times? Have you sung it? What do you think it meant to the people of the baroque period? What does it mean to you? Then consider the illustration on page 158 of the performance hall at the palace Eszterhaza. How does this hall differ from today’s performance venues? Include as many aspects of the illustration as you can. What would listening to the Hallelujah Chorus be like in this hall?
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