Music 1a Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Sonata Rondo Form, Cadenza, Ternary Form

• School: Harvard University
• Department: Music
• Course: Music 1a
• Professor: Evan Mac Carthy

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Lecture 25: missed some, mozart was a great virtuoso keyboard player typically the solo performer. First movements of piano concertos: three periods (solo) and four periods (orchestra, double exposition: orchestra + solo with orchestra, development: solo with orchestra, recapitulation: solo with orchestra solo (cadenza) orchestra. Piano concerto in a major (k. 488: march 2, 1786 o. Sold this piece to a family servant: the first movement follows sonata-allegro form and ritornello form. But each time mozart writes a piano concerto, he finds a different way to combine the two forms. Strings present the theme, and the woodwinds repeat the theme. New music at the end breaks from the form: ternary form aba (for the slow movement) Somewhat like a lyric aria (resembles something operatic) quite melancholic. The b section is brighter than the a section and is in a major: third movement (finale) is an opportunity to show virtuosity (cadenza) Keep returning to an a section which is in a major.