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1 Instruments of the Orchestra Part three: The Classical Symphony

2 Classical Period of music Approximately 1750-1820 The time of Mozart and Beethoven The Symphony became established as a four- movement piece of music. I. Fast II. Slow III. Dance-like IV. Fast or Faster (These are the speeds of the music, the tempo)

3 First Movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony (1804-1808) A movement in a symphony is like a chapter in a book. It can generally stand alone, or at least gives a good stopping place But it’s pretty long. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu5Vms vNFDQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu5Vms vNFDQ Sonata form (Exposition, Development, Recapitulation)

4 Second Movement (Beethoven 5) Slow Sometimes a “Theme and Variations” This one gives the theme in the cellos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQIV WhKhwPAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQIV WhKhwPA

5 Third movement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AEuC Xi185Qhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AEuC Xi185Q A lively dance, such as the minuet A contrasting section, called the trio, is placed in the middle, giving it an A-B-A form This one is Mozart’s “A Little Night Music” (Eine kleine Nachtmusik)

6 Fourth Movement, fast Sometimes it’s called “presto” because it goes so fast. This is by Tchaikovsky (actually a composer from the Romantic Era) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLHj- eekdNUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLHj- eekdNU

7 Review for Quiz: Instruments of the orchestra by family WW B S P Movements of a classical symphony F S D F


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