Forms 101: Minuets
Channel: The Listener's Guide
Date: 2014-08-09

Minuets are in so many famous Classical era pieces. Steve explains a bit of their history and walks through two examples.

Click here for annotated recordings of the minuets:
Mozart - http://youtu.be/4PIvoygSL-w
Haydn - http://youtu.be/8wDTGCxZIJA
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Music featured in this episode:
Haydn, Joseph. "Quartet in D Major, Hob.III:63 (No.5): III. Menuetto. Allegretto." Musopen String Quartet. Musopen, 2012. Digital recording. http://petrucci.mus.auth.gr/imglnks/usimg/d/dd/IMSLP247101-PMLP15812-String_Quartet_In_D__Op._645__H_363__Lark_-_III._Menuetto_Allegretto.mp3. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: III. Minuetto Allegro.” Unknown artist. ccradiocc-classic-morning.  https://soundcloud.com/ccradiocc-classic-morning/26-mozartminuetto-allegro-eine. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. 

Images included in this episode:
Chabert, Jean-Claude. “Jean-Baptiste Lully par Chabert.” Lithograph. Unknown date. Bibliotheque nationale de France, Paris, France. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jean-Baptiste_Lully_par_Chabert.jpg. Public domain.

Duclos, Antoine-Jean. “Le bal pare.” Etching. 1773-1774. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le_bal_par%C3%A9.jpg. Public domain.

Hardy, Thomas. “Portrait of Joseph Haydn.” Oil on canvas. Royal College of Music Museum of Instruments, London, UK. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Haydn,_m%C3%A5lning_av_Thomas_Hardy_fr%C3%A5n_1792.jpg. Public domain.

Myrabella. “Chateau Versailles Galerie des Glaces.” Digital photograph. 25 May 2011.  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chateau_Versailles_Galerie_des_Glaces.jpg. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en.

Nemo. “Sunglasses Ray Glasses Shades Sun-Protection.” Vector art. 07 June 2014. http://pixabay.com/en/sunglasses-ray-glasses-shades-304666/. Public domain.  

Rigaud, Hyacinthe. “Louis XIV (1638-1715).” Oil on canvas. Louvre Museum, Paris, France.  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louis_XIV_of_France.jpg. Public domain.