Walking through Vauxhall gardens, one would have certainly heard Sammartini's symphony in F major No 3 !

"irst movement#, composed $e"ore %&''( Sammartini is considered the "ather o" the symphony and despite $eing )maestro di capella) at several churches simultaneously he managed to write a large num$er o" instrumental music including some eighty symphonies( *he symphony in F major +,- 3 is "or string orchestra and represents a "ine model to use as an illustration o" the application o" the galant style to instrumental music( *he symphony itsel" is in three movements and "ollows the pattern used $y Sammartini in most o" his symphonies. "ast,slow,"ast( *he "irst movement lasts approximately three minutes, the second reaching six minutes and the last one slightly a$ove two minutes,and,a,hal"( *he "irst movement !/resto# can $e analy0ed on three levels. 1elody , 2armony and texture ,Structure( Melody *he "irst three measures announce a simple melody played in unison on the di""erent instruments( 3n measure "our, Violins 4 and 44 play the same notes only to separate in later measures $ut in some places they're playing at an interval o" third( *hroughout the piece, the melody develops grace"ully and the listener "eels the natural "low o" the music linking the themes together( *hese melodic constructions are a strong characteristic o" the 5ge o" 6nlightenment where simplicity and naturalness mirrored this period's ideals( Harmony and texture 4n the "irst part 5, the harmony is a simple alternation o" tonic and dominant without any emphasis on other chords and the second part 7 moves $ack again "rom V to 4( 4nterestingly, two common harmonic accompaniments mainly used on the key$oard during the 6nlightenment period are also "ound used here. the 5l$erti $ass and the rum$ling octaves or murky $ass( 4n "act, in measures %& to 8 violas and violins 44 couplings seem to provide a kind o" 5l$erti $ass accompaniment, whereas the $asses play in the style o" a key$oard rum$ling $ass in measures , 3, 3',39,3: or when they simply repeat the same note( 5gain this shows a light texture $uilt around melody and harmony without any internal counterpoint, so characteristic o" the galant style o" the eighteenth century( Structure *he music is a $inary "orm in two parts. 5 and 7, $ut di""erently "rom the 7aro;ue dance suites $inary "orms, it involves the reprise o" the "irst theme in /art 7, making it a rounded $inary Form, a structure characteristic o" the 6nlightenment instrumental music that will develop later to $ecome the sonata, allegro "orm( /art 7 is also almost twice as $igger as part 5 and the structure is summari0ed in the "ollowing diagram.
*heme. <ey. /art. 1easure. ll. %st F major ll. 5 %,: nd - major : !overlapping with theme %#,%' .ll. development - major ,,,,= F major .ll. 7 %9, ' %st .ll F major .ll 9,3> .ll

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