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(c.1750-1820)
• Composers of the Viennese School
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-
1791)
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
• Beethoven (1771-1821)
The Classical Style
• What was new about it?
• Texture: Homophonic, melody at the
forefront
• Melody: lyrical, with clear,balanced
phases
• Harmony: diatonic
• Chords don’t change as fast as in the
Baroque
Genres of Classical era
(1750-1820)
• Symphony orchestra
• String Quartet string quartet
• piano sonata piano
• concerto soloist/ orch. (3
movts)
all are SONATA CYCLES
Sonata cycle
• READ MACHLIS 228-35
• Order of movements (separate
sections) in a typical classical piece
• 1st movement: fast, and in Sonata-
Allegro form (or just “sonata form”)
• Second movement slow
• Third movement Minuet & Trio
• Fourth movement fast often Rondo
form (ABACA)
Classic 4-movement Design
SLOW MODERATE
FAST VERY FAST
(Dance)
- Ternary Form
SONATA Form - Theme & Varia. MINUET & TRIO
OR Form RONDO Form
- Sonata form
MINUET:
in "HOME key" in OTHER key in "HOME key"
in "HOME key"
TRIO:
in OTHER key
p. 105
Sonata cycle