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Due Pupille Amabili

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• and the Classical Period

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Austrian composer, lived from 1756-1791
• His father, Leopold Mozart, was also a composer.
• He started composing at the age of 5 and was also
  competent on both keyboard and violin
• At age 17, he was hired as a court musician in
  Salzburg

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More on Mozart

• Throughout his lifetime, he composed over 600
  pieces of music
• Today, he is one of the most well-known composers
  of the classical period- known for opera, chamber
  music, piano music, symphonic music, choral music
• He left an influence on Western Music that has
  been enjoyed and studied for centuries

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The Classical Period

• Dates 1750-1825
• Some Major Composers Mozart, Beethoven, Gluck,
  Clementi, CPE Bach
• Some Major Terms Sonata, String Quartet, Symphony

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Why Classical?

• In the mid-18th Century, Europeans desired to
  return to the classicism of ancient cultures,
  especially Greece
• Their architecture, literature, art, and music
  was affected
• Music of the Classical period was very
  structured and emotions were controlled.  It was
  tuneful and simple.  Even the size of the
  orchestra was small, usually with no more than 40
  musicians.  
• The Classical period was about balance and
  contrast.  .Music was not to be too loud or too
  soft, too fast or too slow.  Nothing was done in
  the extreme. 

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Due Pupille Amabili

• Written in 1783
• For SAB chorus and 3 clarinets
• Sung in the original Italian text (with an
  optional English translation)

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Due Pupille Amabili

• Due pupille amabili mhan piegato il core
  Se pietà non chiedo a quelle luci belle
  Per quelle, si per quelle io morirò damore

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what does it mean???

• Due pupille amabili mhan piegato il core
• Two lovely eyes hold my heart enslaved
• E se pietá non chiedo a quelle luci belle per
  quelle,
• If I cannot win the mercy of those fair lights,
• Io moriró damore
• I will die of love for them.

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lets talk aboutform

• Can you figure out what form this piece is in?
• Binary (AB)? Strophic? Ternary
  (ABA)? Through-composed? Something
  else?
• take 1 minute to look it over, figure it out,
  and well discuss it as a class

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lets talk aboutRhythm

• What do you see in measures 2, 8, 14, and 20?
• How do we treat these?
• What are they called?

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lets talk aboutExpression

• Express the TEXT- what are you singing about?
  Make it personal!
• Express the MUSIC- what does it make you feel?
• Express the PERIOD- how can you sing this
  authentically?

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For (date)

• Over the course of the next unit, you will
• complete one of the following assignments
• based on your interests, all of
• which will be due November 15

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2 page written report about

• The Classical Period its features, style, major
  works, and major composers
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart his life, works, and
  legacy
• Chamber music what it is, how its meant to be
  performed, and its history
• (Choose one of the above)

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Give a 4-5 minute speech/presentation about

• The Classical Period its features, style, major
  works, and major composers
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart his life, works, and
  legacy
• Chamber music what it is, how its meant to be
  performed, and its history
• (Choose one of the above)

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Give this song a fresh arrangement

• Using the same text, write a new arrangement
  for Due Pupille Amabili. It must have at least
  2 vocal parts and 1 accompanying instrument. How
  can you do this assignment and stay authentic to
  Mozart and the Classical Period?

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Or

• Your last option is to write a 2-page report
  about how you can/have already internalized this
  text and music. Youll write IPA for the Italian
  text and provide a summary in your own words that
  relates this piece to your life.