Looking at the first movement of Sammartini's Symphony in F Major, No. 32. Discuss how it demonstrates the general music characteristic of a new classical style.
Title: Looking at the first movement of Sammartini's Symphony in F Major, No. 32. Discuss how it demonstrates the general music characteristic of a new classical style.
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Looking at the first movement of Sammartini's Symphony in F Major, No. 32. Discuss how it demonstrates the general music characteristic of a new classical style.
Category: /Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 441 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Most instrumental music of the Classical period pursued a three- or four-movement form with a first movement in sonata form, which expands on binary form. Some general music characteristics of a new classical style that are going to be discussed in this assignment are in terms of melody, harmony and also the form.
Melody:
The focus on melody in classical style was directed to a more linear structure, in contrast to the frequent sequential expansion
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and begins with the tonic key, F Major until measure 5, and modulates to its dominant key, C Major. Then, the section [B] has 10 measures and begins with C Major, and ends at the dominant seventh chord of F Major (the tonic key), finally, the recapitulation is just the same as the section [A]. During classical period, a key contrast was usually implied between different sections, in order to create different of sensation to the listeners.