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4C Classical Style – Unit 4: Orchestral Landmarks

♫ 4C Classical Style ♫Unit 4: Orchestral Landmarks

This is a 6-slide excerpt from KS4 Music

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Learning objectives

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To understand how the orchestra developed during the classical period.

To recognize and understand the key features of classical orchestral pieces.

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Sonata form

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Classical composers

Orchestral music in the classical period was dominated by Mozart, Haydn and, towards the end of the period Beethoven.

All of the above wrote symphonies, but Ludwig van Beethoven wrote perhaps the most famous symphony of all. The one that goes:

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Beethoven’s fifth: theme one

The first movement of Beethoven’s ‘Symphony no. 5’ is written in sonata form.

Theme one:

♫ Listen to the first theme in the piece.This section is split between the violins

and violas and uses imitation. ♫

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Beethoven’s fifth: theme two

Theme two:

♫ Listen to the piece and see if you can identify the two main themes when they first

appear in the exposition. ♫

The second theme in the piece is split between the first violin section and the horns.