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Encyclopedia > 1849 in music

See also: 1848 in music, other events of 1849, 1850 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

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Romantic music (3743 words)
This literary movement is reflected in the music of the "classical" era composers in a variety of ways, including Mozart's work in German opera, the choice of songs and melodies to set for commercial works, and a gradually increasing violence in artistic expression.
However, for all of these excursions, the tension in the music was based on articulated sections, movement towards the dominant or relative major, and a transparency of texture.
Music was regarded as a quasi-religious experience, and the "Philharmonic" society became part of a concert as a time for deep engagement in the music, in contrast to the less formal manners of previous concert life.
UNLV Music Library: The Vellucci Collection of Scores and Books about Music (9150 words)
Keyboard practice consisting of an aria with thirty variations : for the harpsichord with 2 manuals / prepared for the enjoyment of music lovers by Johann Sebastian Bach ; edited for the harpsichord or piano by Ralph Kirkpatrick.
Music in the baroque era, from Monteverdi to Bach.
Early keyboard music : a collection of pieces written for the virginal, spinet, harpsichord, and clavichord / edited by Louis Oesterle ; with an introduction by Richard Aldrich.
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