| | [[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 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. | + | 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 a deeply emotional exhalation. While the sigh (German ''Seufzer'' or Italian ''Sospiri'') had been a common affective gesture since the Baroque, used often in movements of a lamenting character, what makes the Mannheim sigh different is the wider [[interval (music)|interval]] it sometimes takes. |
| | [[Image:Mannheim_Steamroller2.jpg|thumb|500px|left|The famed "Mannheim Steamroller" effect, a rising sequence in the full orchestra over a tremolo bass. From the Symphony in D Major by Johann Stamitz.]] | | [[Image:Mannheim_Steamroller2.jpg|thumb|500px|left|The famed "Mannheim Steamroller" effect, a rising sequence in the full orchestra over a tremolo bass. From the Symphony in D Major by Johann Stamitz.]] |