1. Classical and Romantic

2. Classical Mozart HaydnBeethoven Boccherini Great Classical Composers

3. Coloratura Term for high, florid, vocal singing involving scales, runs and ornaments.

4. Sonata Form

5. 1. Exposition – The statement of the subjects (themes). The following slide will take you through Sonata Form from beginning to end. 2. Development – A modulating section developing the themes. 3. Recapitulation – A return to the first themes from the exposition.

6. Classical and Later Sonatas Classical and later sonatas are works for either solo piano or a solo instrument accompanied by piano.

7. Great Classical Composers Romantic Schumann Chopin Brahms Mendelssohn

8. Leider Leider is simply the German word for songs. A Leid is a song sung in German accompanied by piano. They can be either strophic or through composed in form. A collection of Leider is known as a Song Cycle. Frans Schubert Hugo Wolf

9. Great Late Romantic Composers Late Romantic MahlerGrieg Max Bruch Tchaikovsky

10. Leitmotif A theme occurring throughout a work which represents a person, an event or an idea etc. The first composer to use leitmotiv extensively was Wagner, in his operas. Richard Wagner Richard Strauss Arnold Schoenberg John Williams Notable composers of Leitmotif

11. The Valkyries Theme – Richard Wagner Theme from Jaws – John Williams Hedwig’s Theme (Harry Potter) – John Williams Peter’s Theme (Peter and the Wolf) – Sergei Prokofiev

12. Great Composers Symphonic/Tone Poem Richard Strauss Smetena Bax Liszt A piece for orchestra which tells a story, paints a picture or maybe relates an experience from the composer’s life.

13. Harmonics The high eerie sounds produced on a bowed string instrument by lightly touching the string at certain points. On a guitar these will sound bell-like.