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Classical and Romantic
ClassicalMozart
HaydnBeethoven
Boccherini
ColoraturaTerm for high, florid, vocal singing involving scales,
runs and ornaments.
Sonata Form
1. Exposition – The statement of the subjects (themes).
The following slide will take you through Sonata Form from beginning to end.
2. Development – A modulating section developing the themes.
3. Recapitulation – A return to the first themes from the exposition.
Classical and Later Sonatas
Classical and later sonatas are works for either solo piano or a solo instrument accompanied by piano.
Romantic
Schumann
Chopin
Brahms
Mendelssohn
LeiderLeider is simply the German word for songs.
A Leid is a song sung in German accompanied by piano. They can be either strophic or through composed in form.
A collection of Leider is known as a Song Cycle.
Frans Schubert
Hugo Wolf
Late Romantic
Mahler Grieg
Max Bruch
Tchaikovsky
LeitmotifA theme occurring throughout a work which represents a person,
an event or an idea etc. The first composer to use leitmotiv extensively was Wagner, in his operas.
Notable composers of Leitmotif
The Valkyries Theme – Richard Wagner
Theme from Jaws – John Williams
Hedwig’s Theme (Harry Potter) – John Williams
Peter’s Theme (Peter and the Wolf) – Sergei Prokofiev
Symphonic/Tone Poem
Richard Strauss
Smetena
Bax
Liszt
A piece for orchestra which tells a story, paints a picture or maybe relates an experience from the
composer’s life.
HarmonicsThe high eerie sounds produced on a bowed string instrument
by lightly touching the string at certain points. On a guitar these will sound bell-like.
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