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Instruments of the Orchestra
Part three:
The Classical Symphony
Classical Period of music
• Approximately 1750-1820
• The time of Mozart and Beethoven
• The Symphony became established as a fourmovement piece of music.
• I. Fast
• II. Slow
• III. Dance-like
• IV. Fast or Faster
• (These are the speeds of the music, the tempo)
First Movement of Beethoven’s
Fifth Symphony (1804-1808)
• A movement in a symphony is like a
chapter in a book.
• It can generally stand alone, or at least
gives a good stopping place
• But it’s pretty long.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu5Vms
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• Sonata form (Exposition, Development,
Recapitulation)
Second Movement (Beethoven 5)
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Slow
Sometimes a “Theme and Variations”
This one gives the theme in the cellos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQIV
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Third movement
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AEuC
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• A lively dance, such as the minuet
• A contrasting section, called the trio, is
placed in the middle, giving it an A-B-A
form
• This one is Mozart’s “A Little Night Music”
(Eine kleine Nachtmusik)
Fourth Movement, fast
• Sometimes it’s called “presto” because it
goes so fast.
• This is by Tchaikovsky (actually a
composer from the Romantic Era)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLHjeekdNU
Review for Quiz:
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Movements of a classical symphony
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