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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instanceOf 18th-century musical movement
German musical style
musical style
aimedAt direct communication of feeling
centeredIn Berlin
Hamburg
countryOfOrigin Germany
endTime late 18th century
hasAlternativeName Empfindsamer Stil
sensitive style
style of sensibility
hasCharacteristic abrupt harmonic shifts
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
early Romantic music
influencedBy Baroque music
German Enlightenment
Rococo aesthetics
linked to: Rococo

literary Empfindsamkeit movement
notableComposer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg
Johann Christian Bach
Johann Gottfried Müthel
Johann Joachim Quantz
Johann Schobert
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
relatedTo Galant style
Sturm und Drang
startTime mid-18th century
typicalGenre chamber music
character piece
fantasia
keyboard music
sonata
typicalInstrument clavichord
fortepiano
harpsichord
string instruments
voice

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