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24 Cards in this Set
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Exposition |
Sets up a strong conflict between the tonic key and the new key, and between the first theme and second theme. |
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Bridge (Transition) |
Leads to the next theme. |
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Development |
Most dramatic section. Themes are developed. |
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Motive |
Short musical ideas developed within a composition. |
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Recapitulation |
Brings resolution. In first tonic key. First theme, bridge, second theme, and concluding section are presented in tonic key. |
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Coda |
Rounds off a movement by repeating themes or developing them further. Always ends in the tonic key |
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Countermelody |
In Variation 1 and 3 the original melody is accompanied by a new one. |
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Da capo |
From the beginning. To repeat a section. |
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Cadenza |
In the first movement and sometimes the last. A special unaccompanied showpiece for a soloist. |
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Serenade |
A work that's usually light in mood meant for an evening of entertainment. |
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Symphony |
An extended, ambitious composition typically lasting 20-45 minutes. 2) lyrical slow 3) Dance-like movement 4) Heroic fast movement |
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Concerto |
A 3 movement work for an instrumental soloist and orchestra. 1) Fast 2) Slow 3) Fast |
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Chamber Music |
Designed for the intimate setting of a room in a home or palace. Small group of 2-9 with one player to a part. |
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String Quartet |
Written for 2 violins 1 viola and a cello. 1) Fast 2) Slow 3) Minuet or Scherzo 4) Fast |
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Sonata Form |
Single movement. 3 main sections. 1) Exposition 2) Development 3) Recapitulation |
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Theme and Variations |
Theme is repeated over and over and is changed each time. |
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Minuet and Trio |
Third movement of classical symphonies, string quartets and other works. Dance themed. |
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Scherzo |
Like a minuet in A B A form and triple meter, but moves more quickly generating energy. |
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Rondo |
Features a tuneful main theme (A) that returns several times in alteration with other themes Eg. A B A C A OR A B A C A B A |
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Sonata-rondo |
Contains a development section like that in sonata form and is outlined ABA-Development-ABA |
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Joseph Haydn |
Joseph Haydn was a prolific Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the piano trio |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. Born in Salzburg, Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. |
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Ludwig van Beethoven |
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers.
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Classical Orchestra |
Woodwinds
2 Western concert flutes 2 Oboes 2 Clarinets (Bb, C, or A)2 Bassoons Brass 2 Natural horns 2 Natural trumpets Percussion 2 Timpani (performed by one timpanist) String Violin I Violin II Viola Cello |
