Music: An Art and a Language
back, by a dramatic change, into the home-key of the third part. One of the most interesting studies in the workings of a great ...
varied and made still more eloquent. For examples, see the ré- sumé of the first movements of Franck’sSymphony, of Brahms’s Firs ...
by Beethoven that it was the real glory of the whole movement. In fact so many eloquent treatments of the main material were res ...
Chapter 15 THE SONATA-FORM OR FIRST-MOVEMENT FORM ___________________________________________________________________________ A ...
melody,i.e., musical expression suited to various instruments that should be unhampered by the too definite balance of the dance ...
public following his points; and with Haydn, whose heart beat in sympathy with the common people, music begins to be a truly pop ...
song.] [Footnote 108: For a comprehensive account of this whole sub- ject consult theOxford History of Music, Vol. V, Chapter VI ...
[Footnote 110: For the early and significant achievements in orchestral effect of the Mannheim Orchestra under its famous leader ...
end: for the composer, that he may express himself clearly and convincingly, and for the listener, that he may readily receive t ...
Supplement (see Exs. No. 41 and 42): the Finale of theSonata for Pianoforte in E-flat majorand the first movement of the so-call ...
ing of the dissonant element in Haydn should examine the Pre- lude toThe Creation—a real anticipation, in its use of the chro- m ...
[Music] which Haydn liked so much that it is presented twice, the sec- ond time slightly embellished. The Exposition closes with ...
ment for a single instrument. The freedom in control of both pedals possessed by each player secures a greater richness and sono ...
Chapter 16 CHAPTER X MOZART. THE PERFECTION OF CLASSIC STRUCTURE AND STYLE Although Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus[120] (1756-1791), w ...
ents were noted for their good looks, were, moreover, of strong character and highly respectable in every way. Among their sever ...
that everything good in music we owe to the Teutons. Haydn was largely Croatian; Mozart was strongly influenced by non- Teutonic ...
such an advantage that in his last compositions there is a spon- taneous flowering of genius—a union of individual content with ...
performance, says much in a few words. “Mozart’s music seems to come from the air and should return to it,” and the ecstatic eul ...
Philip Hale inFamous Composers and Their Works; the chapter on Mozart inBeethoven and His Forerunnersby D.G. Mason; and, as thro ...
ing, lyric melody in which the customary eight measure forma- tion is expanded to twelve measures. This expansion is brought abo ...
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