Classical and Romantic. Classical Mozart HaydnBeethoven Boccherini Great Classical Composers.

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.