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Orchestral Graphs

These graphs represent various musical passages and movements in terms of their orchestration; they are tools for shifting our focus from pitch and harmony towards instrumental texture and effect. They are included in the book in black and white; this website presents them in color, which is clearer and more vivid.

Colors are used to represent the instruments of the orchestra: strings are different shades of green, while the winds are a variety of colors. Line thickness reflects dynamics: the louder the volume, the thicker the line. The color scheme is a nod to one aspect of eighteenth-century associations of instruments and colors, namely the notion that strings were more uniform and while wind instruments were more variegated. The specific colors chosen loosely reflect some instrument-color associations (such as scarlet trumpets), but were determined first and foremost by design and legibility.


Fig. 3.1 Orchestral graph of Haydn, Symphony No. 99 in E-flat major, movement I, mm. 19–31.

Haydn 99

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Fig. 3.2 Orchestral graph of Haydn, Symphony No. 101 in D major, movement I, mm. 19–31.

Haydn 101

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Fig. 3.3 Orchestral graph of Haydn, Symphony No. 104 in D major, movement I, mm. 17–35.

Haydn 104

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Fig. 3.4 Orchestral graph of Haydn, Symphony No. 100 in G major, “Military,” movement I, mm. 24–42.

Haydn 100

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Fig. 3.5 Orchestral graphs of the slow movements from Haydn, Symphonies Nos. 88, 94, 100, and 101.

Haydn, Symphony No. 88 in G major, Movement II, mm. 1-114

Haydn 88

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Haydn, Symphony No. 94 in G major (“Surprise”), Movement II, mm. 1-156

Hadyn 94

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Haydn, Symphony No. 100 in G major (“Military”), Movement II (complete)

Haydn 100

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Haydn, Symphony No. 101 in D major (“Clock”), Movement II, mm. 1-150

Haydn 101

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Fig. 3.6 Orchestral graphs of the slow movements from Mozart, Symphonies Nos. 38, 39, 40, and 41.

Mozart, Symphony No. 38 in D major (“Prague”), Movement II

Mozart 38

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Mozart, Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, Movement II

Mozart 39

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Mozart, Symphony No. 40 in G minor, Movement II

Mozart 40

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Mozart, Symphony No. 41 in C major (“Jupiter”), Movement II

Mozart 41

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These graphs were created by hand using Adobe Illustrator. Many thanks to David Miller, who painstakingly helped create these.