1750 - Stamitz Op. 3 No. 2 (D major)

Question 1

1st Movement
1750 - Stamitz Op. 3 No. 2 (D major)

Answer 1

• Form is somewhat sonata form.
• Early symphonies were written before sonata form was established.
• There is no real development of any of the themes.
• The “recapitulation” reverses the order of the subjects.

Question 2

2nd Movement
1750 - Stamitz Op. 3 No. 2 (D major)

Answer 2

• In loose rounded binary form, without any repeats.
• Relaxed andante in the subdominant key with simple MDH texture.
• Typical of the earlier Classical period.

Question 3

3rd Movement
1750 - Stamitz Op. 3 No. 2 (D major)

Answer 3

• Old fashioned in some of its features.
• First and second violin play the same throughout.
• The reduction of forces in the trio (no trumpets) is standard.
• The relatively independent woodwind parts are more innovative.
• The B section of the rounded binary starts with a new idea before the A’ brings back the opening material.
• Like most third movements, the trio is short and similar in feel to the minuet.
• Later composers would write trio that were both more substantial and more contrasting.

Question 4

Dev. of Orchestra
1750 - Stamitz Op. 3 No. 2 (D major)

Answer 4

• Stamitz’s symphonic works of the 1750s were written for strings, 2 horns and 2 oboes (sometimes replaced by flutes or clarinets).
• Would’ve been played with continuo keyboard (standard at the time).
• The orchestra is larger than the often-used “Sinfonia a 8” configuration, with added trumpets and timps.
• In the 2nd movement he gives independent lines to the woodwind.
• The tune is first played on strings, but then the oboes take over with the strings reduced to an accompanying role.