Orchestra advances
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- Created on: 31-01-21 12:48
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- Orchestral advances
- Baroque
- continuo
- melodic bass instrument (cello and Db)
- harpsichord- harmony instrument
- strings
- woodwind (limited)
- brass (without valves)
- Corelli's Conerto Grosso
- strings + continuo
- continuo
- Early Classical
- continuo still used
- Stamitz
- larger orchestra provided by Mannheim Court
- Symphony no.2
- added trumpets
- independent woodwind lines
- tune first heard in strings but is then passed onto the oboe
- opening shows Mannheim influence: Mannheim roller
- woodwind would underpin the characteristic features: crescendos and rockets
- Symphony no.2
- larger orchestra provided by Mannheim Court
- some development
- Empfindsam stlye
- C.P.E Bach E minor
- themes given to woodwind
- provide variation
- themes given to woodwind
- C.P.E Bach E minor
- Haydn
- Horn Signal
- Horn has melody (theme)
- extensive use of soloists
- continuo could be used- less necessary
- Horn Signal
- Empfindsam stlye
- Mature Classical
- Haydn
- added more instruments
- 104
- clarinets
- timpani
- woodwind and brass still limited in range as they drop out quite a lot
- Mozart no.40
- independent use of ww and brass
- 104
- added more instruments
- movement to a larger orchestra
- Beethoven
- no.5
- expansion of brass to include more horns
- introduction of trombones, piccolo and contrabassoon
- no.5
- Beethoven
- Haydn
- Late Romantic
- Rise in programmatic music
- new forms: symphonic poem
- reflect widening woodwind palette
- Liszt Les Preludes
- tuba and bass trombone
- invention of valves allowed a much freer use of ww and brass
- composers took full advantage of
- Tchaikovsky's Symphony Pathetique + Dvorak no.9
- composers took full advantage of
- invention of valves allowed a much freer use of ww and brass
- flutes, oboes, clarinets and bassoons
- instrumentation become more important
- larger audiences-larger orchestras
- Changes in mood
- tuba and bass trombone
- Liszt Les Preludes
- Smetana Ma Vlast- woodwind play lyrical melody in Vlatva
- reflect widening woodwind palette
- larger audiences
- Berlioz Symphonie Fantastque
- instruments used to depict scenes
- Eb clarinet (idée fixe)
- request for 467 players
- impact
- rise in public concerts
- Berlioz Symphonie Fantastque
- new forms: symphonic poem
- Rise in programmatic music
- Early Romantic
- similar size orchestra to Beethoven
- Mendelssohn 'Italian'
- Conservative in orchestration
- woodwind and brass have a more prominent role
- contrast with woodwind and horn in mvt 3 trio
- Mendelssohn 'Italian'
- similar size orchestra to Beethoven
- Baroque
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