1. Surprise and Emperor by Haydn
... were more of a location for a social gathering and for conversation. For the people with wealth and are able to attend these musical events, "a concert was an opportunity to see and be seen, wish all the inevitable consequences for ostentatious finery and social intrigue." (McVeigh, pg.60) Music was abundant and people would ... quot; piece was to be played in private, in which people came solely for the music. Whereas the "Surprise" piece was to be played publically in the concert halls for the nobility, in which the people were merely there for a social event and are not really there f...
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