Unit 3: Concerto Flashcards

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Concerto background and origins

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  • developed in Baroque era
  • 3 mvt work for orchestra and soloist(s)
  • ritornello form (Baroque) replaced with sonata form (Classical)
  • sonata form adapted by Mozart into “double exposition” or “first-movement concerto” form: ritornello concept preserved
  • in Classical era: piano concerto more popular than violin concerto
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Concerto characteristic features

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  • 3 mvst (fast-slow-fast)
  • first mvt based on sonata form w/ double exposition
  • cadenza launched from cadential 6/4 chord, improvised (or prepared) by soloist
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double exposition

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  • modified sonata form
  • often in 1st mvt of Classical concerto
  • orchestral exposition introduce principal themes, establish tonic key
  • solo exposition (supported by orchestra) restate first theme, initiate modulation away from tonic key; usually introduce new theme for solo instr
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cadenza

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  • solo passage in concertos and aris
  • improvised by soloist or composed in improvisatory style
  • virtuosity of soloist(s)
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