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25 Cards in this Set
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Typical features of classical music |
Melodies that are easy to remember
Gradual change in dynamics |
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Other classical composers |
Beethoven |
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Composed |
1788 |
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Structure |
Sonata form (expo, dev, recap) |
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Tempo |
Very fast - molto allegro |
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Time sig |
4/4 |
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Instrumentation |
2 horns
Strings
Woodwind
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Which instruments does he not use |
Trumpets
Drums |
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Texture |
Homophonic
Imitation |
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1st subject |
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Instrumentation |
The strings start the piece with the 1st violins playing the main melody
The woodwind are then introduced |
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Key sig |
G minor |
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Dynamics |
Start off quietly
Have sudden contrasts
Lots of crescendos and diminuendos |
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Melody |
Balanced phrasing |
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Harmony |
At the end of the 1st subject, there is a bridge where the harmony uses rising scales and pedal notes |
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What's the interval of the first two notes in the extract? |
A semitone |
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2nd subject |
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Key |
Bb major |
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Instrumentation |
Strings and woodwind |
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Melody |
Chromatic notes
Balanced phrasing |
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What happens at the end of the subject? |
The violins, bassoons and flutes play a descending staccato scale |
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Expostition |
Contains the 1st and 2nd subject
The themes are introduced
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The codetta in Expostition |
There's a lot of imitation between the clarinet and bassoon
The key changes back to G minor
The whole of the exposition is repeated |
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Development |
Based on the first idea from the exposition
The harmonies are more chromatic
Begins in F#m
From bar 140, Mozart uses lots of pedal notes |
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Recapitulation |
The 1st sub is exactly the same as the exposition
The bridge passage is much longer and passes through different keys (Eb, Fm, D) It's polyphonic and there's a sequence being played by violin 1 and the lower strings
The 2nd sub is shared between the woodwind and strings. It's in Gm and there are some ascending chromatic notes in the bass parts
The codetta finished with four Gm chords |
