REFLECTION FIVE
Due: Tuesday, February 24, 1998.

Be sure to indicate the reflection number in the heading of your paper and follow other expectations for format and writing criteria.

Reflection Five - Unit 5: Music and Patronage

Choose and answer two. (Remember to use musical examples to support your answers.)

1. Define a patron. How does a patron in the classical European sense differ from today's ticket or record buyer?
2. What were the advan tages of composing under aristocratic patronage? What were some of the disadvantages?
3. Do we today have any system of support for musicians comparable to the aristocratic patronage system of pre-revolutionary Europe? How do composers of today survive?
4. In what ways (textually, dramatically, and musically) does the Marriage of Figaro highlight issues associated with patronage? Are any features of Mozart's life mirrored in the drama?
5. Are certain types of musical styles and structur es better suited to development under musical patronage? (Consider length, instrumental and vocal resources us ed, etc.) Why?