| A | B |
|---|
| More homophonic | Less complicated texture than Baroque |
| homophonic | two lines; straight melody accompanied by chords |
| Emphasis | beauty, elegance and BALANCE |
| more variety and contract | within a piece than Baroque (dynamics, instruments, pitch, tempo, key, mood and timbre). |
| Melodies tend to be | shorter than Baroque melodies, w/ clear-cut phrases, clearly marked cadences. |
| Orchestra increased in size & range | woodwinds become self-contained section, the piano takes over |
| Importance given to instrumental music | sonata, trio, string quartet, symphony, |
| Sonata | composition emphasizing solo instrument |
| Sonata form | form of a single mvmt, w/3 pts: exposition, development, recapitulation |
| 3 main parts of Sonata Form 1 | Exposition - Themes are presented |
| 3 main parts of Sonata Form 2 | Development - Themes are presented in NEW ways |
| 3 main parts of Sonata Form 3 | Recapitulation, which themes return, often followed by CODA, an end piece |
