For example, some composers might only write for a specific instrument, and others might use a specific pattern of orchestration from piece to piece. ... The first and second violins are separate from the viola and cello. ... Bartok, again, composes major seconds separated by a half step. ... Usually, it seems Bartok would separate the two parts by a half step. ... The thematic material builds upon the original Mesto theme from the first movement. ...

• Word Count: 1604
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The piccolo plays its birdsong theme until bar 33, the end of the A section. ... The theme heard in bar 33 is inverted and extended in the violins. ... This theme seems to signal then ending of a section. ... The material then heard is music taken from the first movement of this piece, intoduzione. The texture is thick, with melodies often split into two separate parts. ...

• Word Count: 800
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• Grade Level: High School

Later on, it began to use ritornello form which is a form where the opening theme returns several times in the first or final movement a solo concerto, concerto grosso or aria and it consists of fast – slow – fast sections (e.g. in Bach's concertos). ... At Corelli's time, instrumental ensembles were being transformed into sections and separated from voices and this has been developed into the concerto grosso. ... This suggests that perhaps Bach intended to give two separate roles for the cembalo player. ... He says: 'Bach must have played the harpsichord himself i...

• Word Count: 1972
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate