MUSIC 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Scherzo
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Listening to the music: melodies: constructed from motives, what to listen for in the form more details. Repetition of themes or sections allows the listener to grasp. The exposition of a sonata form is like the beginning of a voyage. The development of a sonata form provides tension, surprise, and then relief at the moment of retransition: what to listen for in the form (cont. ) Critical responses to the premiere itself are difficult to pinpoint; The fifth symphony conforms to many of the conventions of the. Reviewing the work in 1810, the romantic critic and composer e. audiences were likely most interested in the piano works and large-scale choral works. Compared with his predecessors, beethoven expanded the scope. Beethoven"s music often engages in continual motivic or. The recapitulation offers both the security of a return home and elements of the new.