Music in the Classical Period
... keyboard sonatas, and numerous choral and solo voice pieces. Last 12 symphonies written in London. ...
... keyboard sonatas, and numerous choral and solo voice pieces. Last 12 symphonies written in London. ...
Special Special tthank hanks tos to Siebe Siebe Henstra and Wilbert
... elegance surely would have appealed to the public. His brother Wilhelm Friedemann, however, was less successful in his musical publications. The sonata in D major was printed in 1745 while Friedemann lived in Dresden, but didn't receive much attention. Probably the piece's scale, contrapuntal outloo ...
... elegance surely would have appealed to the public. His brother Wilhelm Friedemann, however, was less successful in his musical publications. The sonata in D major was printed in 1745 while Friedemann lived in Dresden, but didn't receive much attention. Probably the piece's scale, contrapuntal outloo ...
Second Semester Music Terms
... and graceful music Style gallant: graceful and light Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony: a large-scale composition for orchestra ordinarily composed of four movements although some composers have used other approaches. Sonata: a solo instrumental composition in three or four movements, the fi ...
... and graceful music Style gallant: graceful and light Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony: a large-scale composition for orchestra ordinarily composed of four movements although some composers have used other approaches. Sonata: a solo instrumental composition in three or four movements, the fi ...
sidebar – bullet points
... unsettled Sturm und Drang (“Storm and Stress”) style that was his brother Carl Philipp Emanuel’s most characteristic musical speech and was also explored by Mozart and Haydn in a few of their symphonies around the same time; it is Christian Bach’s only symphony in a minor key and one of the very few ...
... unsettled Sturm und Drang (“Storm and Stress”) style that was his brother Carl Philipp Emanuel’s most characteristic musical speech and was also explored by Mozart and Haydn in a few of their symphonies around the same time; it is Christian Bach’s only symphony in a minor key and one of the very few ...
“Americanism” In Music: Piano Sonatas From 1939–1949
... Aaron Copland • Piano Sonata (1941) a deliberate attempt of creating a sonata “that sounds American to Europeans” • Sonata and ternary forms, and traditional motivic unity/cyclicism from his conservative teachers: Rubin Goldmark and Paul Vidal • American influences include the jazz syncopations in I ...
... Aaron Copland • Piano Sonata (1941) a deliberate attempt of creating a sonata “that sounds American to Europeans” • Sonata and ternary forms, and traditional motivic unity/cyclicism from his conservative teachers: Rubin Goldmark and Paul Vidal • American influences include the jazz syncopations in I ...
Program notes by
... later wrote: “...but heaven help me! – that was easier said than done. I saw almost nothing but empty pages; at the most, on one page or another a few Egyptian hieroglyphs wholly unintelligible to me were scribbled down to serve as a clue for him; for he played almost all of the solo parts from memo ...
... later wrote: “...but heaven help me! – that was easier said than done. I saw almost nothing but empty pages; at the most, on one page or another a few Egyptian hieroglyphs wholly unintelligible to me were scribbled down to serve as a clue for him; for he played almost all of the solo parts from memo ...
Music and the Classical Era - Raleigh Charter High School
... – Socially, they were little better than servants. While this was often distasteful to them, they were provided with economic security and a social framework within which he/she could function as a musician. – Yet, each major composer (Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven) began to pull away from the patrona ...
... – Socially, they were little better than servants. While this was often distasteful to them, they were provided with economic security and a social framework within which he/she could function as a musician. – Yet, each major composer (Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven) began to pull away from the patrona ...
Keyboard Concerto No - Celebrity Series of Boston
... Born August 22, 1862 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France Died March 25, 1918 in Paris In most musical contexts, a prelude is a short movement that precedes an attached companion work. The gold standard for such preludes in the keyboard literature are the two books of The Well-Tempered Clavier by J. S. ...
... Born August 22, 1862 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France Died March 25, 1918 in Paris In most musical contexts, a prelude is a short movement that precedes an attached companion work. The gold standard for such preludes in the keyboard literature are the two books of The Well-Tempered Clavier by J. S. ...
Edvard Grieg: Concert Overture
... Of all the many works by Max Bruch, only his Violin Concerto in G Minor (1864-66) has been able to attain lasting fame – although this popularity is not mere coincidence, since the concerto is indeed the masterpiece of the not yet thirty-yearold composer. Joseph Joachim, to whom Bruch dedicated the ...
... Of all the many works by Max Bruch, only his Violin Concerto in G Minor (1864-66) has been able to attain lasting fame – although this popularity is not mere coincidence, since the concerto is indeed the masterpiece of the not yet thirty-yearold composer. Joseph Joachim, to whom Bruch dedicated the ...
Top 10 Most Famous Classical Music Composers
... German-born British composer is widely considered one of the greatest masters of the Baroque era and one of Britain’s foremost classical composers. He wrote over 40 operas, 29 oratories, more than 100 cantatas, duets and trios, 16 organ concertos and a number of arias, ecumenical pieces, chamber mu ...
... German-born British composer is widely considered one of the greatest masters of the Baroque era and one of Britain’s foremost classical composers. He wrote over 40 operas, 29 oratories, more than 100 cantatas, duets and trios, 16 organ concertos and a number of arias, ecumenical pieces, chamber mu ...
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Concerto in c
... fast tempo. It is in binary form, divided into two sections separated by a repeat, which both start with the same motive. The first section starts in C major, modulating to end in G major, while the second continues in G before returning to the original key of C. Gordon Jacob (1895-1984) Sonata for ...
... fast tempo. It is in binary form, divided into two sections separated by a repeat, which both start with the same motive. The first section starts in C major, modulating to end in G major, while the second continues in G before returning to the original key of C. Gordon Jacob (1895-1984) Sonata for ...
recital de piano - Instituto de Física UNAM
... effect by creating contrasts using the forte and piano manuals of a two-manual harpsichord throughout the piece. In fact, along with the French Overture and some of the Goldberg Variations, this is one of the few works by Bach, which specifically require a 2-manual harpsichord. However, Sometimes th ...
... effect by creating contrasts using the forte and piano manuals of a two-manual harpsichord throughout the piece. In fact, along with the French Overture and some of the Goldberg Variations, this is one of the few works by Bach, which specifically require a 2-manual harpsichord. However, Sometimes th ...
JOHN CORIGLIANO, JR. Sonata for Violin and Piano (1963) JOHN
... every measure, and independent rhythmic patterns in each instrument are common. The Violin Sonata was originally entitled Duo, and therefore obviously treats both instruments as co-partners. Virtuosity is of great importance in adding color and energy to the work which is basically an optimistic sta ...
... every measure, and independent rhythmic patterns in each instrument are common. The Violin Sonata was originally entitled Duo, and therefore obviously treats both instruments as co-partners. Virtuosity is of great importance in adding color and energy to the work which is basically an optimistic sta ...
Things to know for the Final
... studying; I have tried to include everything but it may not be comprehensive. You should know the various musical forms that composers have worked with. You should be able to have an intelligent reaction to an unfamiliar piece of music. You should know the stories/librettos of the ...
... studying; I have tried to include everything but it may not be comprehensive. You should know the various musical forms that composers have worked with. You should be able to have an intelligent reaction to an unfamiliar piece of music. You should know the stories/librettos of the ...
Ludwig Van Beethoven - Woodlawn School Wiki
... Another story is… Another story is told that Beethoven cut off the legs of the piano so he could hear the vibrations of the piano. (This is perhaps not necessarily true, as many pianos of the time were made with removable legs so they could be carried into the various courts of the kings and empero ...
... Another story is… Another story is told that Beethoven cut off the legs of the piano so he could hear the vibrations of the piano. (This is perhaps not necessarily true, as many pianos of the time were made with removable legs so they could be carried into the various courts of the kings and empero ...
Week 11 Notes p.1 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
... meaning “A Little Night Music.” Serenade – shorter, less serious than a symphony or concerto. First movement: first theme “rocket theme” ascends quickly to its peak then turns downward at the same rate. Second theme with its downward curve of its opening measure presents a graceful contrast. An insi ...
... meaning “A Little Night Music.” Serenade – shorter, less serious than a symphony or concerto. First movement: first theme “rocket theme” ascends quickly to its peak then turns downward at the same rate. Second theme with its downward curve of its opening measure presents a graceful contrast. An insi ...
Classical Period (1750 – 1820)
... Symphony: Made up of four complete movements: fast, slow, dance-like, fast. 1st Movement: Sonata form (includes three main sections) Exposition: this introduces the main theme (melody) Development: where the themes presented in the exposition are treated in a new way; the melody or melodies are deve ...
... Symphony: Made up of four complete movements: fast, slow, dance-like, fast. 1st Movement: Sonata form (includes three main sections) Exposition: this introduces the main theme (melody) Development: where the themes presented in the exposition are treated in a new way; the melody or melodies are deve ...
Program Notes - Ritz Chamber Players
... two honors, in response to repeated requests from his publisher in Berlin, Fritz Simrock, who had been badgering him for at least four years to provide a successor to the Piano Quartet, Op. 23 of ...
... two honors, in response to repeated requests from his publisher in Berlin, Fritz Simrock, who had been badgering him for at least four years to provide a successor to the Piano Quartet, Op. 23 of ...
PDF - Brentano Quartet
... Reprintable only with permission from the author. Brahms Quartet, opus 51 #1 Of all the great composers of Western music, Johannes Brahms was arguably the most painstaking and self-critical. He not only withheld music he deemed unworthy of publication, but destroyed it whenever possible; one famous ...
... Reprintable only with permission from the author. Brahms Quartet, opus 51 #1 Of all the great composers of Western music, Johannes Brahms was arguably the most painstaking and self-critical. He not only withheld music he deemed unworthy of publication, but destroyed it whenever possible; one famous ...
Music and the Classical Era - Raleigh Charter High School
... – Socially, they were little better than servants. While this was often distasteful to them, they were provided with economic security and a social framework within which he/she could function as a musician. – Yet, each major composer (Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven) began to pull away from the patrona ...
... – Socially, they were little better than servants. While this was often distasteful to them, they were provided with economic security and a social framework within which he/she could function as a musician. – Yet, each major composer (Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven) began to pull away from the patrona ...
Chapter 20-- Important Composers and Events of the Classical Era
... No. 40; Piano Concerto No. 21; Concerto for Two Pianos; Piano Sonata in A, K. 331; Variations on "Ah, Vous Dirai-Je, Maman?"; Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro" ...
... No. 40; Piano Concerto No. 21; Concerto for Two Pianos; Piano Sonata in A, K. 331; Variations on "Ah, Vous Dirai-Je, Maman?"; Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro" ...
File - Western Hills Choir
... Fugue: composition with musical line articulated in one voice and rearticulated by following voices in repeat, inversion, etc ...
... Fugue: composition with musical line articulated in one voice and rearticulated by following voices in repeat, inversion, etc ...
Glossary and Resource List
... Conductor: A person who directs the performance of a musical ensemble. Contemporary: The present period of music; specifically music created from the year 2000 to present. Contrast: To compare or appraise in respect to differences. Critic: One who expresses a reasoned opinion involving a judgment of ...
... Conductor: A person who directs the performance of a musical ensemble. Contemporary: The present period of music; specifically music created from the year 2000 to present. Contrast: To compare or appraise in respect to differences. Critic: One who expresses a reasoned opinion involving a judgment of ...
Sonata form
Sonata form (also sonata-allegro form or first movement form) is a large-scale musical structure used widely since the middle of the 18th century (the early Classical period).While it is typically used in the first movement of multi-movement pieces, it is sometimes used in subsequent movements as well—particularly the final movement. The teaching of sonata form in music theory rests on a standard definition and a series of hypotheses about the underlying reasons for the durability and variety of the form—a definition that arose in the second quarter of the 19th century. There is little disagreement that on the largest level, the form consists of three main sections: an exposition, a development, and a recapitulation; however, beneath this, sonata form is difficult to pin down in a single model.The standard definition focuses on the thematic and harmonic organization of tonal materials that are presented in an exposition, elaborated and contrasted in a development and then resolved harmonically and thematically in a recapitulation. In addition, the standard definition recognizes that an introduction and a coda may be present. Each of the sections is often further divided or characterized by the particular means by which it accomplishes its function in the form.Since its establishment, the sonata form became the most common form in the first movement of works entitled ""sonata"", as well as other long works of classical music, including the symphony, concerto, string quartet, and so on. Accordingly, there is a large body of theory on what unifies and distinguishes practice in the sonata form, both within eras and between eras. Even works that do not adhere to the standard description of a sonata form often present analogous structures or can be analyzed as elaborations or expansions of the standard description of sonata form.