305. 18th century music
P1 - Music movement: perform a work as it was performed at the time of its composition, 18th/19th centruris, Mozart, Beethoven
Play old music on obsolete instruments.
=> raises questions.
P2 - Beethoven imagined notes which could not be played on the instruments available at the time.
P3 - Early music advocates divorce music and its performance from the life.
Haydn's and Mozart's symphonies were conducted by a pianist who played the chords to keep the orchestra together.
The 1st 3 sections of Mozart's and Beethoven's symphonies were played faster, and the last movement slower, than today. Today musicians were forced into exa brilliance in the finale to generate applause.
To restore represents to deny our concepts have changed.
P1:phenomenon:Newly music movements advocate to play the music as the way it was played when it was composited
although---having positve value to scholors
author's idea---exist some problems
P2ne problem:writers will compose the tune which cannot be presented by intruments at that time.
P3: another problem---our concpets of musical intensity and excitement have changed