How to Listen to and Understand Great Music, 3rd Edition Season 1 Episode 21 Classical-era Form—Minuet and Trio Form

Late 18th-century composers extended the formal structure and the expressive content of minuet and trio to create movements appropriate for the multimovement instrumental genres of the Classical era. With minuet and trio movements by Mozart and Haydn as examples, we examine the highly stylized minuet and trios of the Classical era.