Development of the Symphony Essays Flashcards
Comment on the Use of Dance Music in Symphonic music in symphonic works composed between 1750 and 1900.
What is Dance Music - Music with a moderato to allegro tempo, Periodic Phrasing, consistent time signature.
Classically used in the 3rd movement of symphonies - the audience would get up and dance.
The Early Classical - Common in Style Galant.
Stamitz Op. No. 3 - Early Minuet and Trio in the 3rd Mvt, 3/4, contrasting sections not developed. rest of the work has periodic phrasing.
The Late Classical - Dance music was mostly the same, mostly using the minuet and trio. However. more rhythmic techniques being used.
Mozart 40 - Minuet and trio - Frequent use of hemiolas and syncopation. Not to be danced to.
Haydn 104 - Minuet and Trio in mvt 3 - anacrusis - sfwartzandos on 3rd beat in the Minuet. Making it harder to dance to.
Haydn 104 - Mvt4 - Traditional Creation folk Dance - drone in the bass. Accented stamping rhythms of the stamping motif - easy to dance to.
Beethoven - Introduction of the Scherzo
Pastoral - mvt 3 - Minuet and Trio - Drone accompaniment throughout - This mvt and the symphony as a whole is based around folk music and nature.
The Early Romantic - more varied use of dances, not only in the 3rd mvt.
Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique - Waltz in mvt 2 - incorperates the Idee fixe.
Mendelsohnn’s Midsummer night dream - Country Bumpkin Theme - Bergamask dance - traditional noth Italian folk dance.
Mendelsohnn Italian - Mvt 4 - Saltarrelloand tarantelo dances - triplet rhythms and stamping to emphasise the beat.
Late Romantic - more dances being used - national dances.
Dvorak No. 6 - Furiant in mvt 3 - characterised by hemiola rhythms.
Tchaikovsky 6 - mvt 2 - waltz in 5/4 instead of 3/4.
Comment on the use of rhythm and metre in symphonic works written between 1750 and 1900.
The Early Classical - Simple Rhythms - Periodic Phrasing. Fast Slow Fast from Italian Operas. Slow introductions - double dotted rhythms.
C.P.E. Bach in E minor - Fast, slow, fast pattern.
Stamitz Op. No. 3 - Begins with a Mannheim Hammerstroke followed by an 8 bar Mannheim Steamroller.
As 4th mvts became more common so did the 3/4 minuet and trio.
The Late Classical - More adventurous rhythms.
Mozart 40 - mvt 3 - Hemiolas and syncopation.
Haydn 104 - Mvt 1 - Slow Introduction with double dotted rhythms
Haydn 104 - Mvt 2 - Sturm and Drang section at bar 42 - syncopation
Haydn 104 - Mvt 3 - hemiolas at bar 20-24 - sfwartsandos on the 3rd beat of the bar.
Beethoven - More adventurous rhythms and metres.
Pastoral - Mvt 3 - minuet in 3/4, trio in 2/4 - Use of syncopation, particularly by the oboe.
Pastoral - Storm mvt - quintuplet semiquavers against regular quavers in the double bass to create thunder.
Choral Symphony - Mvt 2 - trio is in 2/2 not 3/4.
Early Romantic - Even wider variety of rhythmic techniques and uses of metre - Folk dances, mixed metre.
Mendelsohn’s Italian Symphony - Saltarello and Tarantella dances. Saltarello characterised by irregular phrasing and dotted rhythms.
Berlioz, Harold In Italy - Saltarello dance - the coda combines 2 different tempos.
Late Romantic - Use of National dances
Dvorak No. 6 - Furiant - Characterised by hemiola rhythms.
Tchaikovsky 6 - Mvt 2 - Waltz in 5/4 instead of 3/4.
