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12 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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When was romatic period?
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1825 - 1900
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Key features of romantic music?
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Expressive and emotional music to tell stories. Larger orchestras and rise of virtuoso. Longer structures and forms with programme music more common.
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Why is it called the 'Raindrop'?
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Constant repitition of quavers sound like raindrops.
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When was it composed?
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1839
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Structure
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Ternary and codetta
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Rhythm?
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4/4, use of sptuplet and dectuplet. Legato and unhurried. Use of rubato, and pedal note
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Melody?
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Lyrical melody in RH with ornaments. Section B the melody is in the LH with longer notes and use of 4 and 8 bar phrases.
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Tonality?
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Db major, mainly diatonic. Modulates to enharmonic minor (C# minor) in Section thback tonic in Section A.
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Harmony?
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Both sections end with imperfect cadences. Prelude ends with perfect cadence. Dominant pedal throughout the piece (Ab amd G#)
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Texture?
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Homophonic. Section A - broken chords in LH, mlody in RH.
Ssction B - melody in LH, pedal note in RH (pedal inverted) doubled in octaves. More chordal. Section A - short monophonic section in coda. |
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Dynamics?
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Lots of crescendos and diminuendos. Wide range of dynamics, no sudden contrasts. A is quieter than B which climaxes to ff twice.
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Instrumentation?
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Mainly middle and lower range of piano. Legato, use of sustaining pedal and rubato.
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