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  2. History of sonata form - Wikipedia

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    Haydn's variety of dramatic effects and ability to create tension was remarked upon in his own time: his music was increasingly taken as the standard by which other practice might be judged. Haydn's set of string quartets, Op. 33 gives the first examples of coordinated use of the resources of sonata form in characteristic fashion. The composer ...

  3. Canon (music) - Wikipedia

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    An example of a classical strict canon is the Minuet of Haydn's String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 76, No. 2. [12] "Throughout its sinewy length, between upper and lower strings. Throughout its sinewy length, between upper and lower strings.

  4. Symphony No. 46 (Haydn) - Wikipedia

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    The key of B major, which is highly unusual in the Classical period, [2] sets the tone of the work, which is one of unease, restlessness and searching. The first movement starts with a four-note motif in unison , reminiscent of Symphony No. 44 ( Trauer ), but quasi-inverted. [ 3 ]

  5. Modulation (music) - Wikipedia

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    The combination of chromatic modulation with enharmonic modulation in late Romantic music led to extremely complex progressions in the music of such composers as César Franck, in which two or three key shifts may occur in the space of a single bar, each phrase ends in a key harmonically remote from its beginning, and great dramatic tension is ...

  6. Tritone substitution - Wikipedia

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    The tritone substitution is a common chord substitution found in both jazz and classical music. Where jazz is concerned, it was the precursor to more complex substitution patterns like Coltrane changes. Tritone substitutions are sometimes used in improvisation—often to create tension during a solo.

  7. Symphonies by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Wikipedia

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    Tension occurs when the music (and the listener with it) is pulled away from the tonic. Tchaikovsky "not only increases the contrasts between the themes on the one hand and the keys on the other," but ups the ante by introducing his second theme in a key unrelated to the first theme and delaying the transition to the expected key.

  8. Tension (music) - Wikipedia

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    In music, tension is the anticipation music creates in a listener's mind for relaxation or release. For example, tension may be produced through reiteration , increase in dynamic level , gradual motion to a higher or lower pitch , or (partial) syncopations between consonance and dissonance .

  9. List of classical music genres - Wikipedia

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    Requiem – Mass for the dead set to music. March – Piece with a strong regular rhythm, frequently performed by a military band. Nocturne – Composition that is inspired by, or evocative of, the night. Opera – Dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists.