The Enjoyment of Music 10 th Edition. Unit XIII The Eighteenth-Century Concerto and Sonata.

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Unit XIII The Eighteenth-Century

Concerto and Sonata

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37. The Classical Concerto

The Movements of the Concerto

• Three movements: fast-slow-fast

• Cadenza

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37. The Classical Concerto

First movement

• Ritornello and sonata-allegro form

• First-movement concerto form

• Sonata-allegro with double exposition

• Key change in the second exposition

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37. The Classical Concerto

Second movement

• slow and lyrical

• Andante, Adagio or Largo

Third movement

• Allegro molto or Presto

• Rondo form or sonata-allegro

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Mozart: Piano Concerto in G major, K. 453 (Listening Guide)

• Barbara von PloyerI: Allegro, concerto form• Exposition

– Orchestral exposition– Piano soloist exposition, with new theme– Orchestral tutti

• Development• Recapitulation with cadenza• Coda

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Mozart: Piano Concerto in G major, K. 453 (Listening Guide)

II: Lyrical Andante• Also features a double expositionIII: Allegretto in 2/2• Theme and variations form• Presto coda closes the work

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Haydn:Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major, III

(Listening Guide)• Considered one of his finest works for solo

instrument and orchestra• Written for an experimental trumpet with keys• Keys allowed instrument to play all notes of the

scale• Work first performed in 1800, then lost until

1929• Now a standard piece in the trumpet repertory

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Haydn:Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major, III

(Listening Guide)• Compact three-movement form

– I: Allegro• Flaunts keyed trumpet's capabilities with

melodic and virtuosic passages

– II: A-B-A form• 6/8 meter, pastoral in mood

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Haydn:Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major, III

(Listening Guide)– III: Sonata-rondo

• Unexpected turns of harmony and dynamic contrasts

• Combines elements of both sonata-allegro and rondo form

• Brilliant display piece for the trumpet

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Famous Women Virtuosos of the Eighteenth Century

• Noble and upper-middle-class women

• Music teachers and professional performers– Maria Anna Mozart “Nannerl”– Maria Theresa von Paradis– Barbara von Ployer

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38. The Classical Sonata

• Solo instrument or duo

The Movements of the Sonata

• Three or four contrasting movements

• Fast-slow-moderate-fast

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Mozart: Piano Sonata in A major, K. 331, III (Listening Guide)

Unusual form

• I: theme and variations on a Czech folk song

– A major

• II: minuet and trio– A major

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Mozart: Piano Sonata in A major, K. 331, III (Listening Guide)

III: rondo “alla turca” (A-B-C-B-A-B-B)

• A minor/major

• Evokes percussive sound of Turkish Janissary (military) band

• brassy quick-time march

• coda concludes the work

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Janissary music

“Turkish” vogue

• Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5

• The Abduction from the Seraglio

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Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (Moonlight)

(Listening Guide)• Title given after Beethoven's death• Composed in 1801 while he was

enamored of his young student– The work is dedicated to her

• Countess Giuletta Guicciardi

– She was once thought to be Beethoven's "Immortal Beloved”• 1994 film Immortal Beloved inspired by this

story

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Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (Moonlight)

(Listening Guide)• Breaks with conventional formal molds• Retains the three-movement format• I: Adagio sostenuto

– Modified song form: the piano melodies "sing”– "Dreamy" tone, in C-sharp minor

• II: Allegretto– Scherzo-trio form, D-flat major– Frequent use of syncopation– A movement of respite

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Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (Moonlight)

(Listening Guide)• III: Presto agitato

– Sonata-allegro form in C-sharp minor– Tension-filled with contrasting themes and

restless motion

Remains one of the most beloved works of the Classical repertory

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