The Growth of Music a Study in Musical History for Schools volume 2
The Growth of Music a Study in Musical History for Schools volume 2
H C Henry Cope Colles
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Methinks there is much reason in his sayings. 2nd Citizen. If thou consider rightly of the matter, Caesar has had great wrong. Till at last the anger of the crowd waxes hotter than his own, and their actions are carried beyond his control. Here we have practically the elements of concerto form as viewed by Mozart. He began his principal theme upon the orchestra, giving it in a more or less elementary way, the piano developing it more fully later on. Then a second passage for the orchestra, call...ed a ritornello, would burst in, echoing the piano's statement, and eventually giving way before its second theme. The accom- paniments were like the commentaries of the crowd, growing in force until another ritornello led to the development. We must not, of course, press the simile too far, and it would be quite wrong to suggest that tragedy and violence were the underlying currents of Mozart's thought. Far from that, his piano concertos overflow with grace and happiness. It is only in the idea of one mind leading and moulding the mass of lower intelligence that we find a true parallel between the concerto form and the scene in Shakespeare.
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