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Absolute Music
Joseph Haydn
While the term "absolute music" is most commonly applied to the classical era (and also to the Romantic period), the classical period was not defined by being absolute music. Absolute music is music that is not created for an outside purpose, not to be accompanied by a dance, or a play, but to exist on its own, to be performed alone, perhaps in a concert hall. Unlike program music, it does not tell a story, or represent anything. The term was usually applied to instrumental music without vocals. To define classical music by one of its many types of music would be absurd, so while the classical era included many pieces of absolute music, it also included program music, and opera; the Classical era is not exclusively made up of absolute works.
Franz Joseph Hayden was mostly in a major key. He shows lots of mood and feeling in his music. He played classical music. some of his music is The "surprise" symphony,Die schop fung,The "London" symphony.
Program. More specifically, it's an oratorio. It tells the story of the life of Christ.
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Absolute Music
It is about as 'program' as you can get.
Joseph Haydn
Absolute Music-there is no prescribed story or text that holds the music together. The music itself is the story.
While the term "absolute music" is most commonly applied to the classical era (and also to the Romantic period), the classical period was not defined by being absolute music. Absolute music is music that is not created for an outside purpose, not to be accompanied by a dance, or a play, but to exist on its own, to be performed alone, perhaps in a concert hall. Unlike program music, it does not tell a story, or represent anything. The term was usually applied to instrumental music without vocals. To define classical music by one of its many types of music would be absurd, so while the classical era included many pieces of absolute music, it also included program music, and opera; the Classical era is not exclusively made up of absolute works.
Franz Joseph Hayden was mostly in a major key. He shows lots of mood and feeling in his music. He played classical music. some of his music is The "surprise" symphony,Die schop fung,The "London" symphony.
Program. More specifically, it's an oratorio. It tells the story of the life of Christ.
None of the above Program music tells a story, while absolute music has no descriptive purpose.
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While the term "absolute music" is most commonly applied to the classical era (and also to the Romantic period), the classical period was not defined by being absolute music. Absolute music is music that is not created for an outside purpose, not to be accompanied by a dance, or a play, but to exist on its own, to be performed alone, perhaps in a concert hall. Unlike program music, it does not tell a story, or represent anything. The term was usually applied to instrumental music without vocals. To define Classical Music by one of its many types of music would be absurd, so while the classical era included many pieces of absolute music, it also included program music, and Opera; the Classical era is not exclusively made up of absolute works.