Listening Study Guide Ch. 16

Example #105
Composer: Hector Berlioz
Title: Symphonie fantastique
Movement: IV, Marche au supplice
Compositional Device: idée fixe
Genre: First Program Symphony

Example:
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Title: Overture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream
Themes:
  Enchanted Forest
  Wood Nymphs
  King Oberon's Court
  Lovers
  Acting Troupe
Form: Sonata Allegro

Example:
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Title: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98
Movement: IV
Compositional Device: Passacaglia/chaconne
Form: Theme and 32 Variations

Example:
Composer: Piotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Title: Symphoy No. 4 in F Minor
Movement: I
Compositional Device: Program Symphony
Form: Sonata Allegro
Themes:
  Introduction: Knock of Fate
  Primary: Anguish and Despair
  Secondary: Escape from Reality

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