MUSIC 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Triple Metre, Rondo, Minuet
13 Apr 2013
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2nd = slow, contrasting key, either variation form or aba. 3rd - minuet, lively, dance form, triple metre (ch. 4th - finale, fast, light mood, sonata form or rondo (abaca) Haydn was not rst composer of string quartet (purcell and allegri in 17th century) Solution: melody stays the same, surrounded by contrasting musical lines. 3 fundamental processes of composing: repetition, variation, contrast. Haydn"s quartet in c major (1797), 2nd movement does all 3: Aabcc is structure for the main melody (a"s and b are antecedent, c"s are consequent) Haydn changes the music with each variation: work closes with short passage called a coda (italian for tail) very popular throughout classical era and into 19th century. Simple structure - theme presented then altered: composers often used well-known themes: theme - melody in vln. 2 - melody in cello, other 3 voices have own melodies, polyphonic.
