A term used in the late Baroque period (sometimes simply as ‘solo’) for a sonata for a single instrument, most commonly violin, and continuo. The title was less often applied to unaccompanied works, such as Bach’s for violin.

Sonata form (also sonata-allegro form or first movement form) is a musical structure consisting of three main sections: an exposition, a development, and a recapitulation. It has been used widely since the middle of the 18th century (the early Classical period).

The most popular chamber music works are sonatas for piano and one other instrument such as violin or cello and string quartets.

Of the various configurations that evolved for chamber groups, the string quartet became the most popular for several reasons. It proved the ideal exponent of the four-part harmonic language that had developed by this time, while maintaining intimacy and cohesion in texture.26

Schubert

The kundiman is the art song of the Philippines with folk-music influence set to texts. Also known as the“Father of the Kundiman” b. 1889 – d. 1947.17

An art song is a vocal music composition, usually written for one voice with piano accompaniment, and usually in the classical art music tradition. Other factors help define art songs: Songs that are part of a staged work (such as an aria from an opera or a song from a musical) are not usually considered art songs.

Lieder

art song. also called lied, was a song for solo voice and piano accompaniment. Franz Schubert. had greatest success in the Art Song. He captured both the spirt and the detail of the text, creating a sensitive mood painting in which the voice, and especially the accompanying piano, expresses every nuance of the poem.

Franz Schubert

lied

Lied (plural, Lieder) German for “song”; most commonly associated with the solo art song of the nineteenth century, usually accompanied by piano. Song cycle. Group of songs, usually Lieder, that are unified musically or through their texts. Strophic form.

Around one month before his death, Beethoven was presented with handwritten copies of various Schubert songs. After looking into the works of the younger composer, Beethoven is said to have exclaimed:“Truly, in this Schubert there dwells a divine spark!.”29

Styles

• Romantic style.
• Neoclassicism.
• Jazz-influenced classical composition.
• Impressionism.
• Modernism.
• Free dissonance and experimentalism.
• Expressionism.
• Postmodern music.