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IB Music SL
Classical Music
Concerto and Sonata
The Classical Concerto
The Movements of the Concerto
 Three movements: fast-slow-fast
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Cadenza
The Classical Concerto
First movement
 Ritornello and sonataallegro form
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First-movement
concerto form
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Sonata-allegro with
double exposition
Key change in the
second exposition
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The Classical Concerto
Second movement
 slow and lyrical
 Andante, Adagio or Largo
Third movement
 Allegro molto or Presto
 Rondo form or sonata-allegro
Mozart: Piano Concerto in G major, K. 453
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Barbara von Ployer
I: Allegro, concerto form
 Exposition
– Orchestral exposition
– Piano soloist exposition, with new theme
– Orchestral tutti
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Development
Recapitulation with cadenza
Coda
Mozart: Piano Concerto in G major, K. 453
II: Lyrical Andante
 Also features a double exposition
III: Allegretto in 2/2
 Theme and variations form
 Presto coda closes the work
Haydn:
Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major, III
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Considered one of his finest works for solo
instrument and orchestra
Written for an experimental trumpet with keys
Keys allowed instrument to play all notes of the
scale
Work first performed in 1800, then lost until
1929
Now a standard piece in the trumpet repertory
Haydn:
Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major, III
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Compact three-movement form
– I: Allegro
 Flaunts keyed trumpet's capabilities with melodic
and virtuosic passages
– II: A-B-A form
 6/8 meter, pastoral in mood
Haydn:
Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major, III
– III: Sonata-rondo
 Unexpected turns of harmony and dynamic
contrasts
 Combines elements of both sonata-allegro and
rondo form
 Brilliant display piece for the trumpet
Famous Women Virtuosos
of the Eighteenth Century
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Noble and upper-middleclass women
Music teachers and
professional performers
– Maria Anna Mozart
“Nannerl”
– Maria Theresa von Paradis
– Barbara von Ployer
The Classical Sonata
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Solo instrument or duo
The Movements of the
Sonata
 Three or four contrasting
movements
 Fast-slow-moderate-fast
Mozart: Piano Sonata in A major, K. 331, III
Unusual form
 I: Theme and variations on a Czech folk
song
– A major
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II: Minuet and trio
– A major
Mozart: Piano Sonata in A major, K. 331, III
III: Rondo “alla turca” (A-B-C-B-A-B-B)
 A minor/major
 Evokes percussive sound of Turkish
Janissary (military) band
 brassy quick-time march
 coda concludes the work
Janissary music
“Turkish” vogue
 Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5
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The Abduction from the Seraglio
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C-sharp
minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (Moonlight)
Title given after Beethoven's death
 Composed in 1801 while he was
enamored of his young student
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– The work is dedicated to her
 Countess Giuletta Guicciardi
– She was once thought to be Beethoven's
"Immortal Beloved”
 1994 film Immortal Beloved inspired by this story
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C-sharp
minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (Moonlight)
Breaks with conventional formal molds
 Retains the three-movement format
 I: Adagio sostenuto
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– Modified song form: the piano melodies "sing”
– "Dreamy" tone, in C-sharp minor
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II: Allegretto
– Scherzo-trio form, D-flat major
– Frequent use of syncopation
– A movement of respite
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C-sharp
minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (Moonlight)
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III: Presto agitato
– Sonata-allegro form in C-sharp minor
– Tension-filled with contrasting themes and
restless motion
Remains one of the most beloved works of
the Classical repertory