structure essay plan

three movements

-ecs usually had three movemenst

baroque concerto fast slow fast

SYMPHONIC EXAMPLE- CPE BACH - ends in ritornello - unusually runs 1st movement straight into second

HYADN LAMENTATIONES - unusually ends in minuet and trio

sentences to memorise

-Early Classical Symphonies often had three movements, following the structure of the Baroque concerto: fast-slow-fast.

4 movement structure

-style galant emerges - emohasis on balanced phrasing and structure

This led to forms which created a larger scale sense of balance such as -

binary,

-ternary,

-sonata,

-theme and variations and

- rondo forms. 

SYMPHONIC EXAMPLES

-stamitz - helped establish 4 movement symohony

• 1 allegro

Early Classical symphonies had simple versions of these forms and were usually in a major key, with limited modulation to closely related keys.