finale
- finale
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/fi nal"ee, -nah"lee/, n.
1. the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
2. the concluding part of any performance, course of proceedings, etc.; end.
[
1715-25; < It, n. use of finale (adj.) < L finalis FINAL]
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in music,
the last and,
as a rule,
lively movement of a multimovement instrumental work,
or the culminating section of an operatic act or scene,
usually involving a vocal ensemble rather than a single singer.
During the musical era dominated by Viennese Classicism (
c. 1770–
1820),
solo concerti tended to end with movements in rondo form,
while the finales of symphonic and chamber works,
eventually solo sonatas as well,
increasingly complied with the sonata-
allegro principle.
Beginning with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart'
s last two symphonies (
Nos.
40 and 41,
1788)
and reaching its highest expression in numerous works of Ludwig van Beethoven (
Beethoven, Ludwig van),
the finale attained a structural significance that had previously been reserved for the opening movement,
to the extent that,
instead of providing merely an agreeable conclusion,
it contained the ultimate thematic resolution of a large-
scale instrumental drama.
At times the finale'
s formal patterning was bound to deviate from that of the Classical sonata-
allegro.
Beethoven'
s Third (
Eroica)
Symphony and Johannes Brahms'
s Fourth Symphony end with variation sets,
while Beethoven'
s Piano Sonata Opus 106 ends with a monumental fugue.
The finale of Beethoven'
s Ninth Symphony, based on Friedrich Schiller'
s “
Ode to Joy,”
requires a chorus and a solo vocal quartet as well as an expanded orchestra,
an array inspired no doubt by the rousing choral finales of French Revolutionary opera.
Felix Mendelssohn (
Mendelssohn, Felix),
Franz Liszt (
Liszt, Franz),
and Gustav Mahler (
Mahler, Gustav)
were among 19th-
century composers who emulated Beethoven'
s example not only with respect to the structural importance they attached to some of their finales but also in their repeated reliance on literary texts and the requisite vocal forces.
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Universalium.
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