Empfindsamkeit movement
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The Empfindsamkeit movement was an 18th-century German musical style emphasizing heightened expressivity, sensitivity, and emotional nuance, particularly in keyboard and chamber music.
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| Empfindsamkeit movement canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Empfindsamkeit movement Context triple: [C. P. E. Bach keyboard sonatas of the 1760s–1770s, associatedWith, Empfindsamkeit movement]
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Clarté movement
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Sophistic movement
The Sophistic movement was a group of itinerant ancient Greek teachers and intellectuals known for their skill in rhetoric, relativistic views on truth and morality, and emphasis on persuasive argument over objective knowledge.
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Picturesque movement
The Picturesque movement was an 18th–19th century aesthetic and architectural trend that valued irregularity, variety, and landscape-inspired composition to create scenes that appeared artfully natural and visually engaging.
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Heidelberg School
The Heidelberg School was a late 19th-century Australian art movement of plein air painters whose work helped define a distinctly Australian form of Impressionism.
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Jena Romanticism
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Target entity: Empfindsamkeit movement Target entity description: The Empfindsamkeit movement was an 18th-century German musical style emphasizing heightened expressivity, sensitivity, and emotional nuance, particularly in keyboard and chamber music.
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A.
Clarté movement
The Clarté movement was an international intellectual and pacifist organization of the early 20th century that united left-leaning writers and thinkers in advocating for peace, social justice, and socialist ideals after World War I.
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B.
Sophistic movement
The Sophistic movement was a group of itinerant ancient Greek teachers and intellectuals known for their skill in rhetoric, relativistic views on truth and morality, and emphasis on persuasive argument over objective knowledge.
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C.
Picturesque movement
The Picturesque movement was an 18th–19th century aesthetic and architectural trend that valued irregularity, variety, and landscape-inspired composition to create scenes that appeared artfully natural and visually engaging.
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D.
Heidelberg School
The Heidelberg School was a late 19th-century Australian art movement of plein air painters whose work helped define a distinctly Australian form of Impressionism.
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E.
Jena Romanticism
Jena Romanticism was an early German Romantic intellectual and literary movement centered in Jena around 1800, known for its innovative philosophy, poetry, and criticism associated with figures like the Schlegel brothers and Novalis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
18th-century musical movement
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German musical style ⓘ musical style ⓘ |
| aimedAt | direct communication of feeling ⓘ |
| centeredIn |
Berlin
NERFINISHED
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Hamburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| endTime | late 18th century ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Empfindsamer Stil
NERFINISHED
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sensitive style ⓘ style of sensibility ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
abrupt harmonic shifts
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chromatic harmony ⓘ emotional nuance ⓘ emotional sensitivity ⓘ expressive ornamentation ⓘ frequent dynamic changes ⓘ heightened expressivity ⓘ intimate character ⓘ irregular phrases ⓘ speech-like melodic writing ⓘ subjective expression ⓘ sudden contrasts of mood ⓘ use of silence and rests for expression ⓘ |
| historicalContext | transition from Baroque to Classical period ⓘ |
| influenced |
Classical era music
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early Romantic music ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Baroque music
NERFINISHED
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German Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ Rococo aesthetics NERFINISHED ⓘ literary Empfindsamkeit movement ⓘ |
| notableComposer |
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
NERFINISHED
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Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg NERFINISHED ⓘ Johann Christian Bach NERFINISHED ⓘ Johann Gottfried Müthel NERFINISHED ⓘ Johann Joachim Quantz NERFINISHED ⓘ Johann Schobert NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilhelm Friedemann Bach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Galant style
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Sturm und Drang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | mid-18th century ⓘ |
| typicalGenre |
chamber music
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character piece ⓘ fantasia ⓘ keyboard music ⓘ sonata ⓘ |
| typicalInstrument |
clavichord
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fortepiano ⓘ harpsichord ⓘ string instruments ⓘ voice ⓘ |
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