1. Classical Concerto  Solo instrument and orchestra  Three movements –Fast - sonata-allegro with double exposition –Slow - lyric - in key close to tonic –Fast (very fast) - rondo, theme and variations  Cadenza

2. Mozart - Piano Concerto in G maj. K453  Display piece for his own public performance  Allegro - first-movement concerto form  Andante - lyrical  Allegretto, Presto - theme and variations

3. Classical Women Virtuosos  Proper and noble for upper-middle-class women to study music  Maria Anna Mozart (1751-1829) –Known as Nannerl - pianist  Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759-1808) –Pianist, organist and composer  Barbara von Ployer (student of Mozart’s)

4. Classical Sonata  Instrumental work for 1 or 2 instruments  3 or 4 contrasting movements  Important genre for amateurs as well as concert artists  Beethoven’s piano sonatas - most significant in the solo literature for that instrument.

5. Beethoven - Pathetique Sonata  Grave, Allegro di molto e con brio –Sonata-allegro form  Adagio cantabile –Rondo form - A-B-A-C-A –Slow and songful  Allegro - rondo form –Rondo form - A-B-A-C-A-B-A