Music 2710F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Giovanni Battista Sammartini, London Symphonies, Ja Prestwich Industries
23 Nov 2017
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2710f music history tuesday november 14th - symphony. Italian overture: symphony, four-movement symphony structure, public concert, bach-abel concerts (1766-1782, concerts spirituel (1725 - 1790) Origin of the symphony: overtures to operas or oratorios, we still see this today in instrumental openings of musicals and films (mid 20th. Century: either 1- or 3-movement works, if 3, then it"s fast-slow-fast, like a sonata. A genre on its own by 1720s: performances at public concerts, courts, churches, giovanni battista sammartini (1701 1775, wrote first symphonies conceived of as an independent work (independent from vocal music) Symphony" = group of musicians: at first, violins, violas, cellos, basses, then, oboes, flutes (french, at first), bassoons, then (latter half of 18th century standard), horns, trumpets, tympani, clarinets, others used sometimes, english horns, cymbals, triangles, other percussion. Early symphonies: three movements (not the standard four, derived from italian overture (fast slow fast, table, p. 327.
