GlossaryAll definitions taken from Oxford Music Online [2]
Symphony: a long piece of music for an orchestra, usually with four movements (=parts) Sonata Form: a musical form that consists basically of an exposition, a development, and a recapitulation and that is used especially for the first movement of a sonata Motif: A short musical idea, melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, or any combination of these three. A motif may be of any size, and is most commonly regarded as the shortest subdivision of a theme or phrase that still maintains its identity as an idea. It is most often thought of in melodic terms, and it is this aspect of motif that is connoted by the term ‘figure’. |
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6The Symphony No. 6 in B minor (posthumously entitled the Pathétique Symphony) is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's final completed symphony before his death, written during most of 1893. "Although Tchaikovsky originally entitled the work "The Passionate Symphony", employing a Russian word, Патетическая (Pateticheskaya), meaning "passionate" or "emotional", that was then (mis-)translated into French as pathétique, meaning "solemn" or "emotive". " [8]
Music for Hardingfele: Svein I Sy' GardeThis is a piece called Svein I Sy' Garde, or 'The Boy on his Farm', from the traditional Norwegian folk style. Since the 1950s, Norwegian folk music has experienced a revival, with the increased use of instruments like the Hardingfele or Hardanger fiddle in place of more modern string instruments. Hardingfele folk music is characterised by rhythmic complexity and the recycling of short motifs, exemplified by Svein I Sy' Garde.
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