Beethoven Septet 1St Movement

Front 1

What is the first tempo marking of the septet?

Back 1

Adagio

Front 2

What is the instrumentation of the septet?

Back 2

Clarinet, bassoon, horn in Eb, violin, viola, cello, double bass

Front 3

What key is the septet in?

Back 3

E flat

Front 4

After the introduction, what's the tempo indication for the rest of the movement?

Back 4

Allegro con brio

Front 5

What is the structure of the septet?

Back 5

Sonata form with the addition of an introduction

Front 6

Identify each of the structural sections

Back 6

Introduction, exposition, development, recapitulation, coda

Front 7

Describe some of the textures used in the movement.

Back 7

Monophony, antiphonal exchanges, melody dominated homophony, broken chords, thematic combinations, varying number of parts in chords

Front 8

What is the exposition made up of?

Back 8

First subject in tonic, transition, section subject in dominant, codetta

Front 9

Describe the development section.

Back 9

Starts in Bflat, modulates to Cm then to Aflat then Fm, finally back to tonic of Eflat. Dominant pedal of Bflat prepares for recap.

Front 10

Describe the recap and coda

Back 10

Recap begins with first subject in tonic, the transition then the second subject also in tonic. Coda is Eflat- Aflat-Eflat.

Front 11

What is Beethoven's harmony based upon?

Back 11

Mostly root and first inversion chords. Functional

Front 12

Describe any interesting chords used

Back 12

German 6th - type of augmented chord, sevenths! Diminished 7th