What is a symphony?
Q: What is a symphony?
A: A symphony is a piece of music written for an orchestra to play. It may be quite a long piece and usually divided into parts, or movements.
Q: How many movements are typically found in a symphony?
A: Usually 3 or 4 movements.
Q: What type of movement is often the first movement of a symphony?
A: The first movement of a symphony can be a fast movement, often in sonata form.
Q: What type of movement is the second movement of a symphony?
A: The second movement can be a slow movement.
Q: What type of movements might make up the third and fourth movements?
A: The third movement can be a minuet or scherzo and trio, while the fourth may be called “Finale”; it can be in Rondo form or sonata form or combination of these.
Q: Who is known as the "Father of Symphony"?
A: Joseph Haydn is known as the “Father of Symphony”.
Q: How have many composers since used Haydn's pattern for their own compositions?
A Many composers since have used his pattern for their own compositions when writing their own symphonies.
