classical concertos

Question 1

what is expected in its melody?

Answer 1

diatonic
balanced phrases (4 or 8 bar. question and answer)

Question 2

what is used to create the melodic lines?

Answer 2

use of scales and arpeggios

Question 3

what kind of strings are used?

Answer 3

up to 6 per section

double basses often double cello

Question 4

what kind of woodwind is used?

Answer 4

double woodwind (two of each) 
a clarinet was later added

Question 5

what kind of brass is used?

Answer 5

trumpets and horns

Question 6

what kind of precussion is used?

Answer 6

timpini

Question 7

what instrument is normally playing the melody in a tutti passage?

Answer 7

violins

Question 8

unless they are the soloists, what do the woodwind and brass add to the music?

Answer 8

they add colour and punctuate texture

Question 9

what is the tempo of each ‘movement’?

Answer 9

first - fast
second - slow
third- fast

Question 10

what is the harmony like?

Answer 10

diatonic

Question 11

what chords are heavily used?

Answer 11

I , IV and V

Question 12

what is the cadence like?

Answer 12

regular cadences, particularly imperfect and perfect

Question 13

what is the tonality like?

Answer 13

sense of key establised

modulations to closely related1

Question 14

what is the date period of the classical concerto?

Answer 14

1750 - 1820

Question 15

what is the first movement?

Answer 15

sonata form

brisk and powerful

Question 16

what is the second movement?

Answer 16

ternary or variation form

slow, lyrical and song-like

Question 17

what is the third movement?

Answer 17

rondo, variation form or sonata form

fast and cheerful

Question 18

name two composer from the classical concerto

Answer 18

mozart

beethoven

Question 19

who now led the orchestra?

Answer 19

a conductor

Question 20

what is the texture like?

Answer 20

homophonic

Question 21

what did the soloist and the orchestra sometimes do?

Answer 21

performed sections of dialogue

question and answer

Question 22

what three words can be used to describe the melody?

Answer 22

simple, light and elegant

Question 23

how many people can be expectated to play in the classical concerto?

Answer 23

30-60 people

Question 24

because the harpsichord declined, what could the composer no longer add?

Answer 24

continuo parts to the orchestral accompinement