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  2. Rondo - Wikipedia

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    The rondo form emerged in the Baroque period and became increasingly popular during the Classical period. [2] The earliest examples of compositions employing rondo form are found within Italian opera arias and choruses of the first years of the 17th century. [2] These examples use a multi-couplet rondo or chain rondo (ABACAD) known as the ...

  3. Sonata rondo form - Wikipedia

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    The simplest kind of sonata rondo form is a sonata form that repeats the opening material in the tonic at the end of the exposition and recapitulation sections. [A B' A] exp [C"] dev [A B A] recap By adding in these extra appearances of A, the form reads off as AB'AC"ABA , hence the alternation of A with "other" material that characterizes the ...

  4. Three Rondos on Slovak Folk Tunes - Wikipedia

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    The first of the three rondos was composed in 1916, together with many other compositions based on Hungarian and Romanian folk songs. Bartók composed the rondo while he was collecting folk tunes from Hungary and surrounding areas.

  5. Musical form - Wikipedia

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    In music, form refers to the structure of a musical composition or performance.In his book, Worlds of Music, Jeff Todd Titon suggests that a number of organizational elements may determine the formal structure of a piece of music, such as "the arrangement of musical units of rhythm, melody, and/or harmony that show repetition or variation, the arrangement of the instruments (as in the order of ...

  6. List of classical music genres - Wikipedia

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    In summary, genre is a broader term and often refers to the overall style, structure, cultural context, or purpose of the music. For example, a rondo is based on alternation between familiar and novel sections (e.g. ABACA structure); a mazurka is defined by its distinctive meter and rhythm; a nocturne is based on the mood it creates, required ...

  7. List of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Wikipedia

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    Examples of his earliest works are those found in Nannerl's Music Book. Between 1782 and 1786, Mozart wrote 20 works for piano solo (including sonatas, variations , fantasias , suites , fugues , rondo ) and works for piano four hands and two pianos.

  8. String Quartets, Op. 33 (Haydn) - Wikipedia

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    The "Rondo" results in an ABACA form. Chronologically, the first refrain (A) (mm. 1–35) beginning in E ♭ major, repeats each section, (a) and (ba), forming (aababa). In the first episode (B) (mm. 36–71) beginning in A ♭ major, moves to F minor and finally resolves to E ♭ major at the beginning of the second refrain (A) (mm. 72–106), which is almost an exact repetition of the first ...

  9. Outline of classical music - Wikipedia

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    Strophic formsong structure in which all verses or stanzas of the text are sung to the same music. Rondo form – contains a principal theme (sometimes called the "refrain") which alternates with one or more contrasting themes, generally called "episodes", but also occasionally referred to as "digressions" or "couplets". Some possible ...