The Trio sonata for 4 voices is somewhat of a trick – it’s for 2 main voices and then basso continuo, which is considered as one voice but which is generally made up of two instruments: a harpsichord and a viola da gamba. All of this for just two hands to keep in motion.īach: Trio Sonata No. In this example, there’s the running line at the top, the solid chords at the bottom, and the occasional appearance of the middle voice. In a Trio for only one instrument, it’s the three intertwining lines, such as in Bach’s Trio Sonatas for keyboard, that give it the Trio name. Trio Sonata – you’d think it would be for three players, but, instead, it can be for just one player or four. Menuetto – Trio I – Trio II (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Wind Ensemble Zubin Mehta, cond.)Īnd the same goes for Scherzo and Trio – invented by Beethoven to replace the old-fashioned Minuet and Trio, his Trios also have that change in sound. When we get up to Mozart, we can even have two Trio sections: Trio I starts at 02:24 and Trio II at 05:22 and in each case, there’s a significant change in sound from the Minuet sections. What is a minuet A courtly dance, in simple triple time, a movement of the Baroque suite How did minuet and trio come about Minuets were in pairs where all. The return of the minuet at 01:46 lets us see that difference most clearly. In this minuet for string quartet, the trio section (starting at 01:08) shows a marked change in style: it’s got a lighter feeling, the dynamics are pulled back, and the rhythm has changed. As time went on, however, the idea of the contrasting middle section of a minuet remained while the orchestration for 3 instruments was no longer used.īy the time we got to Haydn, however, the Trio had lost the idea of being for 3 instruments and now was just a contrasting section. Others liked to listen over and over to discover the clever things composers did with melody, harmony, and form. Some people liked novelty and got tired of pieces after hearing them a few times. There was no distinction between art music and popular music. Whence came the name for this section: the Trio. Why is the fusion of transition and subordinate theme functions found more regularly in minuet form than in sonata form 6. Minuet / by Frederick Hendrik Kaemmerer (ca. The contrasting middle section, by the time of Lully, was normally orchestrated for three instruments, 2 trebles and a bass, such as two oboes and a bassoon.
In the court dances of the Classical period, there was a social dance that featured very small steps: the minuet. These are all examples of times when a ‘Trio’ doesn’t mean ‘Three.’ It might have originally meant three, but now it means something else. Minuet Credit: and Trio Scherzo and Trio Trio Sonata.
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