MUSIC 1AA3 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, Opera Buffa
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Romantic concert may be understood as pitting the individual against society. Piano and violin are most commonly featured solo instruments in concertos. Concerts have been written for many different instruments. Challenge is to unite real musical substance with the virtuosic brilliance expected of this genre. Written for one or sometimes more, virtuoso solo instrument with orchestra. First a modified version of sonata form (two expositions, one for the orchestra and one for soloist. Begins with the solo violin, reversing the expected order of tutti and solo. Cadenza treated in an unusual way: placed at the end of the development, before the recpitulation ii. More passionate, intense middle section is announced by the brass iii. Introduced by short intermezzo connecting slow movement to the finale. Sonata form in e major, contrasting with e minor first movement. Typical romantic concerto used first-movement concerto form, then a three-part aba form for the second movement, and the sonata form for the finale.
