18c UNT

This is an example of the thin texture preferred in the galant style. It is an excerpt from the 18th century work Sinfonia Concertante for flute, clarinet and orchestra by Franz Danzi. The accompaniment is homophonic and has little activity going on behind the melody. This is a change from the previous baroque style, which often featured dense polyphonic accompaniment. 

This is an example of a 9-8 suspension from an 18th century sinfonia concertante by Franz Danzi. This MIDI recording plays the first three measures of the adagio, which features a 9-8 suspension between the oboe and bassoon part. After this, the recording repeats the suspension passage with only the oboe and bassoon playing. A suspension is a type of dissonance. It begins as a consonant note usually in an upper voice and is sustained through a change of bass note that makes the consonant note in the upper voice a dissonant suspended note. This usually occurs on a strong beat. The suspended note resolves down by stepwise motion into a new consonant harmony. In this case, the suspended note is a ninth above the bass and resolves to an octave, creating a 9-8 suspension.