Week 1 Thread: Exploring the 18th Century!
Welcome to the Main Thread for the third week of "Mozart & Haydn - Music from the 18th Century" challenge!
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Most of the time, the music for keyboard instruments written during the 18th century is defined as simple, pleasing, and overall superficial. And yet, the works written during this period contain the seeds for the development of larger musical forms.
This week we will start looking at music from a different perspective and consider the musical elements as building blocks of a structure that is meant to communicate a message.
Pick a piece from the suggested repertoire according to your level or share any piece written during the 18th century that you have been working on!
Post in the forum what you discovered playing your piece and your goals for this challenge!
If you want to describe your process, feel free to use the following template.
- Piece(s) you have been working on:
- Things you found easy:
- Things you found difficult:
Happy sharing 😍
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Gail Starr and I are LOVING learning the Haydn b minor together. It's challenging enough to engage us, yet doable enough for us to concentrate on its structural and musical aspects. Here is the Minuet and Trio.
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Completely enjoying practicing the lovely Sonata in C Major by Galuppi. New composer for most of us. Feels like Mozart with the many slurs and playful quality at times. Also feels like Scarlatti (lots of trills!). Here is my practice of the 1st half of the first movement.
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I felt inspired to share a little "on the way" video as well. I´ve been working on two pieces for this challenge. One is Haydn Hob XVI 38 Sonata in Eb, and the other Mozart Rondo K. 485 in D. After a couple of days of familiarizing myself with the pieces, I've started memorizing. Here is the exposition of Haydn.