Symphony
orchestral composition, usually in four movements, typically lasting between 20 and 45 minutes, exploiting the expanded range of tome color and dynamics of the orchestra
Genre
kind; sort; style
Absolute music
instrumental music having no intended association with a story, poem, idea, or scene; nonprogram music
Program music
instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene, often found in the romantic period
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symphony
Baroque
(1600-1750)
no symphonies in no symphonies in
Baroque
Haydn
104 symphonies
1732-1809
Haydn
1600
opera
1730
Bach’s sons (New Classical)
1730-1910
Classical/Romantic Period
1750
Bach died
1791
Mozart died
Haydn’s Strum Und Drane
“storm and stress”
Strum Und Drane
romantic; around 1750s, during revolutions
incorporation of rests
Strum Und Drane
Sonata Allegro
1st movement form
Coda
Tail
Giovanni Battista Sammartini
Symphony in D major, JC 16
Symphony in D major, JC 16
I. Alla breve
II. Andante sempre piano
III. Presto
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony #49 in f minor “La passione”
Symphony #49 in f minor “La passione”
I. Adagio
II. Allegro di molto
III. Menuet
IV. Finale: Presto
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony #7 in A major, Op. 92
Symphony #7 in A major, Op. 92
I. Poco sostenuto-Vivace
II. Allegretto
III. Presto-Assai meno presto
IV. Allegro con brio
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony #9 in e minor, Op. 95 “From the New World”
Symphony #9 in e minor, Op. 95 “From the New World”
I. Adagio-Allegro molto
II. Largo
III. Scherzo: Molto vivace
IV. Allegro con fuoco
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony #5 in D, Op. 47
Symphony #5 in D, Op. 47
I. Moderato
II. Allegretto
III. Largo
IV. Allegro non troppo
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in D major for Guitar (lute), RV 93
Concerto in D major for Guitar (lute), RV 93
I. Allegro giusto
II. Largo
III. Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto Flute and Harp in C major, K. 299