MUSI 1001 Lecture 20: l20
Document Summary
One of the easiest to hear because a single, unvaried refrain continually return. Can be combined with elements of sonata form and called (cid:498)sonata rondo(cid:499) One of mozart"s four concertos for french horn and orchestra. Written for a long-time family friend, the hornist joseph leutgeb. Not easy to play chromatic notes on such an instrument. Instrument makers began installing valves on french horns around 1835. A means if identifying hundreds of compositions mozart wrote. Devised by a 19th century music historian, ludwig von kochel. Traces back to the late baroque italian operas. Sinfonias began to be perfprmed apart from operas. Northern european composers added a fourth movement. Three sections: fast slow fast. Became fast slow minuet fast. Rise in genre"s popularity tied to growth of public concerts. Prince esterhazy"s orchestra was never larger than twenty-five musicians. Style conveys an introspective mood of tragedy and despair (influenced by the sturn und drang mvt of the (cid:883)(cid:889)(cid:888)(cid:882)"s-early (cid:889)(cid:882)"s)
