The Types of Orchestra - Part 2

Fantasia
Fantasia is very popular in the music instrumental solo. Beethoven wrote Fantasia for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra in C Minor who rarely played. The work is very famous orchestra of contemporary composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams, entitled Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, a theme taken from the English church composers of the 16th century, Thomas Tallis. Williams also wrote Fantasia on Christmas Carols.

Intermezzo
The work of orchestral interlude in an opera is usually played when the curtain is pulled. An example is the famous intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana Mascagni composer, and Goyecas of Granados. Intermezzo is often used to exchange the "entr 'acte", the orchestral music played between scenes or scenes. However intermezzo is also present in Symphony No. 4 in D Minor by Schumann.

March
Mars is a form of music intended to accompany the march, usually composed of three parts, the middle part is a trio of lyrical. The third part is usually to repeat the first part. The work is a collection of music mars oldest dance Arbeau's work, written in 1489. The works of mars is common for musical keyboard.

Minuet
Orchestra minuet was first found in an old classic suites, is located on the French overture of Lully, Purcell and Handel, and often also present in Handel oratorios. In the work of the orchestra, minuet is usually located on the third classical sonatas, quartets, and symphonies.

Nocturne
At the beginning of this type is to piano music, but in its development are widely used in orchestral works. In the early Classical era, such as Haydn, as well as some that followed, writes nocturne for a variety of ensembles. In this case the same as nocturne a divertimento and serenade. Connotation nocturne is a work of "night music", contained in the works of Mendelssohn Nocturne, which is part of the work of Midsummer Night's Dream Suite.

Overture
Overture is an orchestral prelude or opening to initiate a work of opera, classical and baroque era is the opening overture to a suite.

Rhapsody
This type is usually for piano music. The composer of orchestral Rhapsody develop and adopt it for symphonic music. In Greek terms, raphsody is poetic heroic character.

Rondo
Rondo is a form of spun for symphonic music diadobsi of piano music. This species is often found on the last concerto. For example, the Piano Concerto in D Major (K. 466) by Mozart, Piano Concerto # 4 and 5 from Beethoven.

To be continued