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[[Image:MozartSymph40Mvt4Opening.png|thumb|400px|right|An example of a "Mannheim Rocket," in Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, 4th Movement.]]

[[Image:MozartSymph40Mvt4Opening.png|thumb|400px|right|An example of a "Mannheim Rocket," in Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, 4th Movement.]]

The other famous technique associated with Mannheim is the "Mannheim Steamroller,"<ref>This English term (which is a loose translation of the German ''Walze'', which simply means "roller") may seem anachronistic, as the steamroller had not been invented in the 18th century, but the names for many of these effects date from the early 20th century, and were given by the German musicologist Hugo Riemann.</ref> which combined this crescendo with [[tremolo]] effects in the strings and a rising [[scale]].<ref>http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textm/Mannheim.html</ref> Other important techniques which would be utilized by classical composers are the "Mannheim Rocket," which is a quickly rising [[arpeggio]], and the "Mannheim Sigh," an effect created by a falling interval intended to depict an exhalation.

The other famous technique associated with Mannheim is the "Mannheim Steamroller,"<ref>This English term (which is a loose translation of the German ''Walze'', which simply means "roller") may seem anachronistic, as the steamroller had not been invented in the 18th century, but the names for many of these effects date from the early 20th century, and were given by the German musicologist Hugo Riemann.</ref> which combined this crescendo with [[tremolo]] effects in the strings and a rising [[scale]].<ref>http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textm/Mannheim.html</ref> Other important techniques which would be utilized by classical composers are the "Mannheim Rocket," which is a quickly rising [[arpeggio]], and the "Mannheim Sigh," an effect created by a two-note slur intended to depict an exhalation. While the sigh (German ''Seufzer'' or Italian ''Sospiri'') had been a common affective gesture since the Baroque, what makes the Mannheim sigh different is the wider interval it sometimes takes.

 

Many of the Mannheim mannerisms became popularized throughout Europe in the music of Mozart and [[Beethoven]]. Examples of the Mannheim rocket can be found, for example, in the fourth movement of Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G minor, and the first movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor (op. 2/1) -- it also makes a later appearance in his "Appasionata" Sonata (Op. 57), also in F Minor. The Mannheim Crescendo was less often used, but the "Allegro molto e con brio" of Beethoven's ''Sonata Pathetique'' (Op. 13, first movement, m. 11) begins with a figure which seems inspired by this gesture. Instances of the Mannheim sigh are numerous in music both during and after the classical period.

[[Image:Mannheim_Steamroller2.jpg|thumb|500px|center|The famed "Mannheim Steamroller" effect, a rising figure in the full orchestra over a tremolo bass. From the Symphony in D Major by Johann Stamitz.]]

[[Image:Mannheim_Steamroller2.jpg|thumb|500px|center|The famed "Mannheim Steamroller" effect, a rising figure in the full orchestra over a tremolo bass. From the Symphony in D Major by Johann Stamitz.]]

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