Classical Music and the Social Contract

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"Classical Music and the Social Contract" Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

· Listen to one (1) composition (for a symphony) by Haydn or Mozart. Identify the work that you have chosen, and describe the way in which the composition expresses the specific qualities of the Classical music style. Use the key terms from the textbook that are related to that particular music style.

· In one (1) or two (2) sentences, describe the manner in which the social contract was formed according to Enlightenment thinking. Explain the ways in which the belief in the social contract can instigate or undermine a revolution. Provide one (1) example to support your explanation.

EXPLORE RESOURCES:

Classical Music

· Chapter 25 (pp. 818-824), classical style described; examples

· Haydn at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JESXMWrwzVQ and http://www.npr.org/artists/16110605/franz-joseph-haydn

· Mozart at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hywOY9BS9tQ and http://www.npr.org/artists/15327819/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart

The Social Contract

· Chapter 25 (pp. 814-815); Chapter 26 (p. 846); Chapter 24 (pp. 768-769, 793-794), social contract in Enlightenment theory and ideals

· Social Contract theory -- three (3) key versions during the Enlightenment at http://historymuse.net/classes/HobbesLockeRousseauChart.htm

· John Locke on the social contract at http://college.cengage.com/history/primary_sources/west/john_locke.htm