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The new musical language of the mid-eighteenth century is described as using light accompaniment for melodies based on what 2 things?
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Songful and periodic melodies
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In what particular genre did this new musical language develop?
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Vocal music, particularly in comic opera
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According to the text, it met a growing demand for music that was what?
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Natural, expressive, and immediately appealing to a variety of listeners
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What was the broad intellectual movement that dominated this period and what were its three central themes?
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Reason, nature and progress
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What two countries/ regions would see important political revolutions by the end of the eighteenth century?
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America and France
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In this new age, how did the urban middle class and the landed aristocrats fare, respectively?
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Middle class rose in numbers, wealth and social prominence while the upper class lost significant power
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What happened to the previous musical situation in which a variety of national styles arose in the Baroque period and why?
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They took the best of all styles and combined them together to my one European style. Music change was to reflect the new international law.
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Belief shifted from church law to what kind of new law?
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Natural law
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What were philosophers like Voltaire and Rousseau really focused on rather than philosophy?
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Social reform
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What two goals are listed for the Freemason movement?
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Humanitarian ideals and a longing for universal brotherhood
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Which two classical composers are noted as being Masons?
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Mozart and Haydn
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What four institutions or sources are listed as the main sponsors/ patrons of music during this time?
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City governments, courts, the public and the church
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In image 20.3, what two visual clues suggest that the performers are skilled amateurs rather than professionals?
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A woman at the keyboard and the similarity of dress and wig between musicians and listeners
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What new interest did the print works of Burney, Hawkins and Forkel seek to satisfy?
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Music history
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Generally, how did the new age feel about the contrapuntal complexities of late Baroque music such as composed by J.S. Bach?
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It wasn't universal or easily understood
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