I attended the University Symphony Orchestra’s "An Evening of Handel‚ Schubert‚ and Haydn" on Thursday‚ September 30‚ 2003 in the Daniel Recital Hall. The hall was much more crowded than I expected. At the beginning of the concert‚ the orchestra was seated on the stage; the men wore tuxedos‚ and the women wore black dresses or pants. The concertmaster came out to tune the orchestra‚ and then the conductor made his entrance and gave a brief description of the piece that was about to be played. George
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also called the Unfinished Symphony‚ deviates from the typical first movement of a Classical symphony in various aspects. Similar to other Classical symphonies‚ the first movement of unfinished symphony adapted sonata form as the skeleton. Despite the use of symphonic sonata form‚ Schubert begins the piece by an 8-bar quiet solo Preface theme which is played by the cellos and double basses in unison. The low registers and softly played Preface theme creates a mysterious and mournful effect
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Age of Enlightenment. Mozart played a huge role during this time and influenced many composers. The Classical-Romantic era is recognized by its four movements. The first movement is long and is recorded in sonata-allegro form. The second movement is slow and includes lyrics and is also sonata-allegro form. The third movement is dancelike and in turn slow and is a minuet and trio. The last movement‚ the fourth‚ is spirited and is a rondo form. 1 The movie starts of in Vienna‚ Austria sometime in the
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is based off symmetry of four-bar phrases and usually moves by small steps and has a narrow range. There are four movements of the Classical-Romantic era. The first movement is long‚ dramatic and written in sonata-allegro form. The second movement is slow‚ lyrical and is in a modified sonata-allegro form. The third movement is dancelike‚ moderately slow and is variably a minuet and trio. The last movement‚ the fourth‚ is lively‚ spirited and is a spirited rondo form. The movie gave a great aspect
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with different des) and also includes a number of classic Sonata features: the three-part symmetry‚ harmonic structure and the fact that the first episode - which returns as the third episode - acts as the 2nd theme of the Sonata. This varied form‚ known as the Rondo Sonata‚ can be found in some of Mozart’s works; Beethoven went on to use it frequently in the last movements of the works of his second period. Section | Part in the Forma Sonata | Tonality | Motif | Performer | Approach | Refrain |
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characteristics. Their characteristics range from their meter‚ melody‚ rhythm‚ harmony‚ texture‚ and the instruments used in each song. To start off‚ I will describe Mozart’s song into his four movements. In the first movement of Mozart’s song is in sonata-allegro form. The song opens up in an ascending rocket theme‚ which is
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Symphony the sonata form would truly be a subjective judgment.I will first explain how this movement fits the sonata form; then I will discuss how it diverges from this form in rather fascinating ways. Broadly speaking‚ the first movement can be divided into three pieces‚ each beginning with a version of what I have denoted A_0‚ the introduction to the piece in which motifs float around in a constant void‚ gaining energy‚ and morphing into musical themes.If we were to impose the sonata structure
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Without knowing the year that this piece was made there are many other characteristics of this piece that are from the classical period. For example the contrast of mood; throughout the three movements there are countless mood changes as a result of the sonata and rondo forms and the use of minuet and trio. Also the heavy use of the piano was popular in the classical period while it replaced the harpsichord that was mainly used in the Baroque period of 1600 to 1750. The first day that I decided to
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As well as this‚ the horns are marked "in D" and this shows it was in the classical period as the horns did not yet have valves‚ so would have been played a minor 7th lower than printed. In addition‚ the symphony is written in sonata form; exposition bars 1-44‚ development bars 45-79‚ and recapitulation bars 80 onwards. This structure is one of the main musical structures of the classical period. Also‚ the texture of the piece is mainly "melody-dominated-homophony" which is also
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Symphony the sonata form would truly be a subjective judgment. I will first explain how this movement fits thesonata form; then I will discuss how it diverges from this form in rather fascinating ways. Broadly speaking‚ the first movement can be divided in to three pieces‚ each beginning with a version of what I have denoted A_0‚ the introduction to the piece inwhich motifs float around in a constant void‚ gaining energy‚ and morphing into musicalthemes. If we were to impose the sonata structure
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