Concerto
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- Concerto
- Baroque 1600-1750
- Key Composers
- Bach
- Correlli
- Handel
- Vivaldi
- Key Vocabulary
- Concerino
- Continuo (Basso Continuo)
- Concerto
- Ripeno
- Virtuoso
- Ornamentation
- Terraced dynamics
- Ritornello form
- Balanced phrases
- Polyphonic/ crontrapuntal
- Homophonic
- Concerto Grosso
- Solo Concerto
- Baroque Concerto - Key Words
- The Solo Concerto
- Developed after the Concerto Gross
- Technically demanding passages for the soloist
- Example: Vivaldi's 'The Four Seasons'
- One soloist accompanied by an orchestra
- The Concerto Grosso
- A small group of soloists accompanied by a large group of instruments
- Example: Bach's 'Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major.
- Typical instruments
- Strings
- Timpani
- Woodwind
- recorders
- oboes
- bassoons
- Brass
- Trumpets
- Horns without valves
- Features
- Clear cadences
- Diatonic harmony
- Step/dynamic volume changes
- Imitation
- Use of recorders
- ornamentation/trills
- counterpoint/ contrapuntal/ polyphonic
- Use of pairs of oboes/horns
- Dialogue between instruments and voices
- Imitation
- use of harpsichord as a continuo instrument
- Key Composers
- Romantic 1810-1900
- Key Composers
- Brahms
- Chopin
- Tchaikovsky
- Rachmaninov
- Key Vocabulary
- Rubato
- Cadenza
- Virtuoso
- Tutti
- Chromatic
- Melody & Accompaniment Texture
- Romantic Concerto - Key Words
- Dissonance
- Movement
- The Orchestra
- The orchestra is a lot larger than in the Classical era.
- Strings
- Bigger sections
- The double section has it's own line of music.
- Woodwind
- The clarinet becomes an established instrument of the section
- Introduction of piccolo, cor anglais, basclarinet & contrabasoon
- Brass
- Paired French horns and trumpets.
- Introduction of trombones and tubas.
- Percussion
- Timpani
- Introduction of the bass drum, side drum and cymbals
- Features
- Form was less strict e.g no clear even phrases
- Greater technical virtuosity
- For soloists
- more advanced writing for the orchestra
- Frequent use of chromatic and some dissonance harmony
- Dramatic contrasts of dynamic tempos and pitch
- More sudden and wider range
- Big orchestras
- Larger strection
- More instruments
- Harp
- Bass clarinet
- Piccolo
- More percussion
- Key Composers
- Classical 1750-1820
- Key Composers
- Mozart
- Beethoven
- Haydn
- Key Vocabulary
- Tutti
- Alberti Bass
- Virtuoso
- Classical Concerto - Key Words
- Balanced Phrases
- Melody & Accompaniment Texture
- Diatonic
- Cadenza
- Ornament
- Movement
- The Orchestra
- Larger than in the Baroque period
- Strings - bigger section
- Woodwind - paired instruments
- Brass - paired French horns and trumpets
- Percussion - timpani
- The Cadenza
- Shows off the 'skills' of the soloist
- Ends with a trill by the soloist
- Is sometimes improvised based on one or more themes from the first movement
- Starts with long/loud orchestral chcrds
- Features
- Strings form core accompaniment
- Woodwind used as a section
- Use of piano/clarinet in the orchestra (only if they are in the piece)
- Small orchestra
- melody with accompaniment/homphonic
- Some ornamentation (not lots of)
- gradual dynamic changes
- diatonic harmony/ simple chords
- Clear cadences
- Balanced phrases/ regular 4 beat bar
- Key Composers
- Baroque 1600-1750
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