Weblinks and videos for use with 9866 – A Level Eduqas Area of Study Guide: The Western Classical Tradition

Form and Structure

Haydn: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Hob 11

Haydn: Symphony No. 101, ‘The Clock’

Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944

Haydn: 'Surprise' Symphony

Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425 ‘Linz’

Haydn: Symphony No. 95 in C minor, Hob. I:95

Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, Op. 93


Melody

Haydn: Symphony No. 101, ‘The Clock’

Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944

Haydn: Symphony No. 45, 'Farewell' Symphony

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique


Harmony

Mozart: Symphony No. 1

Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music, K. 477

Mozart: Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’

Haydn: Symphony No. 101, ‘The Clock’

Schubert: Symphony No. 7 (No. 8) ‘Unfinished’

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

Beethoven Symphony No. 5, Movement 1 (1:25-1:28)



Tonality

Haydn: Symphony No. 101, ‘The Clock’

Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

R Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra

Switching from arco to pizzicato

Violin mute

Stopping and muting on a French horn

Tremolo on the violin

Sul ponticello and sul tasto on the violin

Glissando and portamento on the violin

Glissando and cello technique – vibrato


Texture

J S Bach: Fugue in G minor, BWV 578

Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944

Haydn: Symphony No. 101, ‘The Clock’


Tempo, Metre and Rhythm

Haydn: Symphony No. 101, ‘The Clock’

Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944

Mozart: Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Movement 3

Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Movement 3

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5


Dynamics

Practice Exam Questions

Mozart: Symphony No. 36 ‘Linz’ Movement 2

Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D major, II. Allegretto

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8, Movement 3

Mozart: Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’


Scores