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From: "NorthEast" <ne@mail.com>
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Subject: Re: Types or Forms of Symphony
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"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> NorthEast wrote:
> >
> > Newbie question here. What are the various forms of symphonies?
I
> > have looked in music texts and online, but the information is
either
> > not there or is buried. Thanks for any help.
>
> What do you mean? Until the 20th century, symphonies were pretty
much
> four movements: Fast in sonata form, slow, fast, fast; the third a
> minuet and trio or later a scherzo, the fourth often a rondo. There
were
> some adventurers along the way, but that prevails even down through
> Shostakovich and Simpson.
> --
> Peter T. Daniels grammatim@att.net
Thanks for the response. What I mean is - are there different forms
of symphony, similar to how there are different forms of opera (ie:
opera buffa, opera seria)?
Thanks,
Mark.
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