This guide follows Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D 759 “Unfinished” (1822) in two parts: Allegro moderato (sonata form) and Andante con moto (sonata form).
Low, quiet strings open the in the , then an oboe and clarinet play a plaintive melody over murmuring violins as the first . A four- passage for two horns, the , turns the music to G major, and then the cellos sing the lyrical , followed by the violins. The starts quietly with the opening melody in E minor and climaxes with trombones. In the the in D major, and the goes back to the opening in B minor.
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
SchubertSymphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D 485SchubertSymphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944SchubertGretchen am Spinnrade, D 118; Op. 2SchubertErlkönig, D 328; Op. 1SchubertPiano Sonata in A minor, D. 537SchubertPiano Sonata in A major, D. 664SchubertQuartettsatz in C minor, D. 703SchubertWanderer Fantasy in C major, D 760; Op. 15SchubertDie schöne Müllerin, D. 795SchubertPiano Sonata in A minor, D. 784
BachTrio Sonata No. 1 in E-flat major, BWV 525
HaydnSymphony No. 1 in D major, Hob. I:1HaydnHorn Concerto in D major, Hob. VIId:3HaydnPiano Sonata in A-flat major, Hob. XVI:46HaydnPiano Sonata in C minor, Hob. XVI:20HaydnString Quartet in A major, Op. 20 No. 6HaydnString Quartet in C major, Op. 20 No. 2HaydnString Quartet in D major, Op. 20 No. 4HaydnString Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 20 No. 1HaydnString Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5Path 02
Twelve symphonies from Mozart's Fortieth to Shostakovich's Fifth, the core of the concert repertoire.
Mozart → Haydn → Beethoven → Schubert → Berlioz → Mendelssohn → Brahms → Mahler → Tchaikovsky → Dvořák → Shostakovich
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The form behind most first movements, heard twelve times, from a small sonata to a symphony.
Mozart → Haydn → Beethoven → Schubert → Mendelssohn → Brahms → Prokofiev
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