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Classical

Classical Genre Defining Features

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Alberti bass (the opening)

Piano Sonata, K545 - Mozart

Use of diminshed chord in the opening

Piano Sonata No.8 in C Minor, 'The Pathetique' - Beethoven

Major key and uses diatonic chords

Symphony 101 in D Major, The Clock - Haydn

Rondo form example

Form and structure tutorial

Concerto example

Piano Concerto No.5 in Eb - 'Emperor' - Beethoven

Concerto example

Violin Concerto in D Major - Beethoven

Concerto example

Horn Concerto No.4 in Eb - Mozart

Concerto example

Clarinet Concerto - Aaron Copland

Introduction to the orchestra

Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Benjamin Britton

Examples of dynamics

Changing dynamics and tempo. ALso this song is in a minor key

In the Hall of the Mountain King - Edward Grieg

Changing dynamics and tempo

Hungarian Dance No.5 - Johannes Brahms

Contrasting dynamics

Pictures at an Exhibition: The Hut on Fowl's Legs - Mussorgsky

Contrasting dynamics and memorable themes

5th Symphony - Beethoven

change in dynamics

Back in 1790, Haydn wrote music for the Austrian prince, Nikolaus Esterházy. But the story goes that the prince and other audience members had a tendency to fall asleep during the inner slow movements of symphonies.

Haydn, who didn’t appreciate this, decided to write in a surprise in this 1791 symphony no. 94. The movement starts gently as one would expect, creeping softer and softer until… BOOM!

A swift dynamic change jars any sleeping members of the audience awake.

'Surprise' Symphony - Haydn

Slow, dynamic build. Considered one of the most beautiful pieces ever written

Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber

Fast tempo and contrasting dynamics

William Tell Overture - Rossini

Examples of different textures

Messiah 'Hallelujah' Chorus - Handel

Chamber music (string quintet)

String Quintet in C Major, Op. 30 No. 6 (La Musica Notturna Delle Strade Di Madrid) - Luigi Boccherini

Use of nature as inspiration in the romantic era

Hebrides Overture - Felix Mendelssohn

Bigger orchestra, wider variety of dynamics and moods

Piano Concerto No. 3 - Rachmaninoff

Chromatic harmonies, chromatic flute melody = more expressive

Piano Concerto No.2 - Sergei Rachmaninov

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