Mannheim rocket

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Mannheim rocket at the beginning of the final movement of Mozart's Symphony in G minor KV 550

The Mannheim rocket is a fast, ascending sequence of tones (e.g. an arpeggio or a diatonic run) in the melody part, which is also often provided with a crescendo . It usually appears at the beginning of a piece or a musical phrase (e.g. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Symphony No. 40 in G minor (KV 550) , last movement or Ludwig van Beethoven , Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor (Op. 2 / 1) , first movement) and acts as a kind of energetic impulse generator, an initial spark for the piece. She is one of the Mannheim manners .

The term is figuratively derived on the one hand from the rapidly rising rocket , on the other hand from the so-called Mannheim School ( Johann Stamitz , Christian Cannabich and others), which the Mannheim rocket particularly liked to use. The term was coined in the 19th century by the musicologist Hugo Riemann .

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