dance, folk, nationalism influence

• 1. Early Classical

  Haydn no.31 Hornsignal

  • m3 of 4 minuet
  • traditional Galant style
  • trio of 2 oboes and 4 horns

  Haydn no.2

  • 3ms and no minuet

  Haydn no.9

  • minuet m4 - play with symphonic structure
• 2. Haydn 104

  • m3
  • minuet and trio
  • traditional classical structure
  • livelier tempo
  • accents on b3 +hemiola = hard to dance to
  • m4
  • folk inspired rhythms
  • pedal in horn and trumpet
• 3. Beethoven Pastoral no.6

  • m3 "merry dances of countryfolk"
  • trio - dance in 2/4
  • scherzo (move away from minuets)
  • folky oboe, clarinet and horn melodies
  • fast 3/4
  • m5 Shephards song
  • folk melody imitate Swiss alphorn
  • melody almost identical to "ranz des vaches" style
• 4. Mendelssohn Italian

  • m2
  • modal inflections
  • inspired by sombre religious processsions in Naples
  • m3
  • move away from fast scherzo to slower minuet dance
  • m4
  • Salterello - Italian folk dance, jumps and kicks
  • drones
  • fast 6/8
• 5. Early Romantic

  Berlioz, Fantastique

  • m2 waltz
  • programmaticism affect structure
  • dance = mean for story telling

  Dvorak, New World

  • modal inflections - flat 7 main theme m4
  • m1 allegro syncopations
  • Czechoslovakian folk influences
  • Afro/native American influences
  • m2 cor anglais solo - spirituals influence