Mannheim sigh

The title of this article is ambiguous. Mannheimer Seufzer is also the title of an audio thriller by Claudia Cornelsen from 2004.

"Mannheimer Sigh" on the Kurpfälzer Meile of Innovations in Mannheim.

The Mannheimer Seufzer is a musical effect that was developed and used by the Mannheim School . He is one of the Mannheim manners . With composers like Johann , Carl and Anton Stamitz , Franz Xaver Richter , Ignaz Holzbauer and Christian Cannabich , the sigh is one of the most popular and characteristic motifs. Typical of the motif of the sigh is the lead note, which is smaller in note value than the subsequent resolution note. Examples of the sigh can be found in Johann Stamitz's orchestral trio op.1. This sigh is described with a simple second lead from above. It is characterized by the rapid, often hectic change in expression that leads from one mood to another.

See also

• Mannheim rocket
• Mannheim roller

swell

• Mannheim school . In: Hugo Riemann (initial); Carl Dahlhaus (Hrsg.), Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht (Hrsg.): Brockhaus-Riemann-Musiklexikon . Verlag B. Schott, Mainz 1978/79, ISBN 3-7653-0303-8 .