Module 9 Flashcards
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Symphony
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-A work for orchestra in several sections, called movements
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Sinfonia
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- A short overture that was heard at the beginning of the 17th-Century Italian opera
- Means sounding together because symphony, is always written for a small orchestra never just for one or two insturments
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Italian Symphonies were written in movements
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-First movement ~Fast -Second movement ~Slow (more lyrical) -Third movement ~Fast
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Classical Period
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- Lasted from the mid 18th-Century to the early 19th-Century
- Symphonies were first developed during this time
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Symphony movements
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-First movement ~Fast *Sonata-allegro form *Exposition *Development *Recapitulation -Second movement ~Slower and more musical -Third movement ~Fast *minuet and trio -Fourth movement ~Fast sometimes slow
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Sonata-allegro form
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-Two main musical themes with contrasting characters
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Exposition
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-Introduces the two musical themes, usually two contrasting melodies
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Development
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-The two themes wander around a musical landscape undergoing various musical transformations
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Recapitulation
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-The two themes are re-introduced to round out the musical narrative
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Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
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-Wrote 104 symphonies ~Farewell symphony ~Surprise symphony - Wrote 68 string quartets ~Joke Quartet
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String Quartetets
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- Two violins, one viola, one cello
- Also writing the music
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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
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- Famous symphonies
~Third symphonies (the ‘Eroica”)
~Fifth symphony
~Ninth symphony (the ‘Coral’)
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Romanticism
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-narrative, originality, and emotion were all important
