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Unit XIII The Eighteenth-Century Concerto and
Sonata
Give me the best instrument in Europe, but
listeners who understand nothing or do not wish
to understand and who do not feel with me in what
I am playing, and all my pleasure is
spoilt. W. A. Mozart
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37. The Classical Concerto

• The Movements of the Concerto
• I fast
• II slow
• III fast
• Cadenza

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21, II (piano entrance)
Mozart Clarinet Concerto, III
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21, I (cadenza)
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I. The First Movement

• First-movement Concerto Form
• Sonata-allegro with a double exposition

A
A
B
A
Development
Solo Exposition
Recapitulation
Orchestral Exposition
Modulation to new key area
Various themes
Closing
Theme II
Theme I
Coda
Theme II
Theme I
Transition
Cadenza
Trans. piano theme
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II. The Second Movement

• Slow and lyrical
• Andante, Adagio, or Largo

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III. The Third Movement

• Allegro molto or Presto
• Sonata-allegro or Rondo form

Rondo
A-B-A-B-A, or A-B-A-C-A, or A-B-A-C-A-B-A, etc.
Sonata-allegro
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Mozart Piano Concerto in G major, K. 453

• Written for Barbara von Ployer
• One of Mozarts students

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Mozart Piano Concerto in G major, K. 453
(Listening Guide)

• I Allegro, concerto form
• Exposition
• Orchestral exposition
• Piano soloist exposition, with new theme
• Orchestral tutti
• Development
• Recapitulation with cadenza
• Coda

Listening Guide PDF
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Famous Women Virtuosos of the Eighteenth Century

• Noble and upper-middle-class women
• Music teachers and professional performers
• Maria Anna Mozart Nannerl
• Maria Theresa von Paradis
• Barbara von Ployer

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Janissary Music

• Turkish vogue
• Mozarts Violin Concerto No. 5
• The Abduction from the Seraglio
• Sonata in A Major, K. 331

Mozart The abduction from the Seraglio, Overture
Beethoven The Ruins of Athens, Turkish March
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The Movements of the Sonata Three or four
contrasting movements - Fast-slow-fast -
Fast-slow-moderate-fast
38. The Classical Sonata
Beethoven Sonata No. 8
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Beethoven Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27,
No. 2 (Moonlight) (Listening Guide)

• Title given after Beethoven's death
• Dedicated to Countess Giuletta Guicciardi
• Once thought to be Beethoven's "Immortal Beloved
• 1994 film Immortal Beloved inspired by this story

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Beethoven Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27,
No. 2 (Moonlight) (Listening Guide)

• Breaks with conventional formal molds
• Retains the three-movement format
• I Adagio sostenuto
• Modified song form the piano melodies "sing
• "Dreamy" tone, in C-sharp minor
• II Allegretto
• Scherzo-trio form, D-flat major
• Frequent use of syncopation
• A movement of respite LISTENING GUIDE PDF

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Beethoven Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27,
No. 2 (Moonlight) (Listening Guide)

• III Presto agitato
• Sonata-allegro form in C-sharp minor
• Tension-filled with contrasting themes and
  restless motion
• Remains one of the most beloved works of the
  Classical repertory

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