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    The menuetto and trio.

    I was listening to one of Mozart symphonies and it occurred to me that I did not know why the trio section of a minuet is call trio. So I look up wikipedia, and I find the reason why it is call so is a purely historical one. In Lully's time usually two minuets were played one after the other followed by a repetition of the first. By that time, it became a common practice to score the second section for a trio (three instruments). And if you listen to a symphony by Mozart, you'll notice the orchestration is lighter in the trio than in the rest of the minuet. I'll bet many of you didn't know this.

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    Yes it's always interesting to learn the origins of these forms and to see how they develop - even when the minuet morphed into the scherzo, the trio was still retained. Also interesting in Beethoven's symphonies 4 and 7 how he repeats the trio twice creating ABABA.
    'Man know thyself'

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      #3
      Originally posted by STF92 View Post
      I was listening to one of Mozart symphonies and it occurred to me that I did not know why the trio section of a minuet is call trio. So I look up wikipedia, and I find the reason why it is call so is a purely historical one. In Lully's time usually two minuets were played one after the other followed by a repetition of the first. By that time, it became a common practice to score the second section for a trio (three instruments). And if you listen to a symphony by Mozart, you'll notice the orchestration is lighter in the trio than in the rest of the minuet. I'll bet many of you didn't know this.
      I also love to listen the symphonies by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Yeah, It's really good to know something new about trio. Even I was also not aware about this before.

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        #4
        The trio of Beethoven's Eroica symphony really lives up to its name because it's played by three horns.

        By the way, welcome to the forum, Jackiebutler!

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          #5
          A clever remark! Impossible to read your post without hearing the horns resonating in one's head.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Peter View Post
            Yes it's always interesting to learn the origins of these forms and to see how they develop - even when the minuet morphed into the scherzo, the trio was still retained. Also interesting in Beethoven's symphonies 4 and 7 how he repeats the trio twice creating ABABA.
            Which is only one step away from the simpliest Rondo form ABCBA

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              #7
              Originally posted by Roehre View Post
              Which is only one step away from the simpliest Rondo form ABCBA
              And the above is only one letter away from a famous Swedish pop group!

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                #8
                Originally posted by Michael View Post
                And the above is only one letter away from a famous Swedish pop group!
                you mean a bah?

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Roehre View Post
                  you mean a bah?
                  Yep - the gang that won the Eurovision with Wellington's other victory.

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