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Sonata form could be described as a larger, more complicated ternary (ABA) form. It has three sections - the exposition, the development and the recapitulation. In the exposition there are two main musica...

Use of dissonant and crushed harmonies.Varied rhythm and rubato.No clear melody line.

Harpsichord Tip when doing oral exams to identify the period of the music listen out for the harpsichord as this will mean it is almost certainly from the baroque period.

In bar 7 Vaughn Williams uses a rising phrase to reflect the text 'shining'. This could be to reflect how the sun rises as it shines in the same way the musical phrase does. This is followed by the phrase...

The typical classical symphony can be identified through its use of standard forms and relatively simple methods of construction compared to later Romantic music.
Broadly speaking, a typical classica...