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Bach - being active during the Baroque period - used lots of different systems and methods for composing, depending on what type of piece he was writing. However, when it comes to his Prelude in C Major, he ...

In typical Baroque fashion, Handel creates a decoratve melody by using trills and grace notes. He also uses devices effectively to create an interesting melody. For example he employs melismatic writing, whi...

At GCSE level, your examiners are not looking for a particularly complex piece of music. They are simply looking for a well-executed, well written-out simple composition, and the easiest way to accomplish th...

The exposition is the first main section of a sonata form movement. Its job is to establish the main themes of the movement and to generate tonal, and therefore structural, tension. The exposition can be bro...

Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde is one of the most significant works of the 19th century. It is particularly notable for a radical approach to melody and harmony. The appropriately named ‘prelude’, not ‘overture...