Classical and Romantic

ClassicalMozart

HaydnBeethoven

Boccherini

ColoraturaTerm for high, florid, vocal singing involving scales,

runs and ornaments.

Sonata Form

1. Exposition – The statement of the subjects (themes).

The following slide will take you through Sonata Form from beginning to end.

2. Development – A modulating section developing the themes.

3. Recapitulation – A return to the first themes from the exposition.

Classical and Later Sonatas

Classical and later sonatas are works for either solo piano or a solo instrument accompanied by piano.

Romantic

Schumann

Chopin

Brahms

Mendelssohn

LeiderLeider is simply the German word for songs.

A Leid is a song sung in German accompanied by piano. They can be either strophic or through composed in form.

A collection of Leider is known as a Song Cycle.

Frans Schubert

Hugo Wolf

Late Romantic

Mahler Grieg

Max Bruch

Tchaikovsky

LeitmotifA theme occurring throughout a work which represents a person,

an event or an idea etc. The first composer to use leitmotiv extensively was Wagner, in his operas.

Notable composers of Leitmotif

The Valkyries Theme – Richard Wagner

Theme from Jaws – John Williams

Hedwig’s Theme (Harry Potter) – John Williams

Peter’s Theme (Peter and the Wolf) – Sergei Prokofiev

Symphonic/Tone Poem

Richard Strauss

Smetena

Bax

Liszt

A piece for orchestra which tells a story, paints a picture or maybe relates an experience from the

composer’s life.

HarmonicsThe high eerie sounds produced on a bowed string instrument

by lightly touching the string at certain points. On a guitar these will sound bell-like.