Subject Code: MUSIC 3 History and Characteristics of Western Music

Guide Code: 4.0 Music of the Classical Period

Lesson Code: 4.3 Instrumental Music: Multi-Movement Forms
Time Limit: 30 minutes

TA ATA
COMPONENT TASKS (min) (min)

Target At the end of lesson 4.3 you will be able to: 1

minute
1. differentiate each of the multi-movement instrumental forms as;
classical symphony, classical concerto, or classical chamber music.

2. listen and gain appreciation in analyzing the multi-movement

instrumental forms of the Classical Period.

3. get to know the highlights of the life and works of the composers of the
Classical Period.
Hook 4
In this lesson, we will connect the dot from detailed instrumental forms to mins.
multi-movement forms. You will notice that each of the forms discussed
in the previous lesson is an essential part of a big picture as the classical
symphony, concerto, and chamber ensemble.

Complete the Table below based on the concept discussed last week.

1st MOVEMENT 2nd MOVEMENT

a vigorous, dramatic fast
movement
detailed form is called:
______________________
slow and melodic in character,
always in different key from the rest
of the symphony
detailed form is called:
______________________

SYMPHONY

3rd MOVEMENT 4th MOVEMENT

dance-like movement lively and filled with happy
detailed form is called: melodies
detailed form is called:
______________________ ______________________
Figure 1. Classical Symphony. Retrieved from Palada, 2017

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1. CLASSICAL SYMPHONY mins.
The classical symphony is a lengthy composition for orchestra which
has several sections which are called, movements. It is also considered the
highest form of music in the Classical Period because of its complexity and
a large layer of timbre and instrumental sections.
Symphony came from the word ‘sinfonia’ which means “sounding
together”. Before the full development of the symphony, it is introductory
music for opera. Subsequently, Italian opera is very known at the time,
therefore, ‘sinfonia’ gained a lot of exposure and later on, it was played
even outside the opera houses. In the 18th century, it was totally detached
from the opera as a separate instrumental form as mentioned by Riggle
(2020) in study.com

Trivia: The term “Symphonia” is also a term used for a vocal composition
from the Middle Ages, as Libin (2020) mentioned in the Britannica.com

Listen to at least one composition of Haydn to fully gain a big picture of a

symphony as a composition. Kindly refer to the readings attach to the link
to extract the lists of the composition

Title: Haydn - The Complete London Symphonies 93-104

+ Presentation (Century's recording : Eugen Jochum)
tps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55XgmvOIGCM

2. CLASSICAL CONCERTO

Concerto is a composition with three movements and begins with a

sonata-allegro comparable to the classical symphony. The three movements
are fast (introduce the idea of the composition), slow (more meditative and
reflective), fast (showcase the full extent of technical capabilities of the
soloist) as Botero (2019) discussed in his podcast in Youtube.com.

Svanoe (2020) discussed that a concerto is a composition written for a

particular instrument, a soloist, and the orchestra.
In the Classical Period, where only a few instruments are available it is
written for the keyboard or the other instruments of the orchestra. The
soloist sits or stands before the orchestra to be heard by the audience. At
present, a concerto can be written for any instrument. Palada (2017)
explained that some of the solo instruments used in the classical concerto
include violin, cello, bassoon, trumpet, clarinet, horn, etc.

One of the highlights of the concerto is in the “cadenza”; when the soloist
plays to showcase virtuosity and the entire orchestra pause in silence.
(bbc.co.uk, 2020)

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