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Symphony in the old style.


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Hello I have written the first movement of a symphony in the old style. I am looking for feedback. Many thanks.

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You follow sonata form in this!  There's a double exposition and even a development section that explores multiple keys with a recapitulation in the home key.  The weakness of this symphony is that your themes are somewhat uninteresting and seem to be filling out the established harmonies.  And when you're on the dominant you seem to stay there forever!  Like @Markus Boyd mentioned - you could have used some countermelodies or even just passing changes in harmony would have been nice.  Thanks for sharing!

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Thanks for the feedback, well spotted Markus, I used Mozart's first as a model. I was trying a lot of things with this piece really. I wanted to try the early classical style and write a fairly long piece with three movements. Also it is a learning curve for me to write for a small orchestra and use the Finale software. Thanks @papercomposer for the feedback too. I will look into countermelodies. 

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