Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart- Symphony No.40 in Gminor 1st Movement
- Created by: Agnes Fouch
- Created on: 22-04-13 19:48
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- Mozart- Symphony No.40 in G Minor 1st movement
- Intrumentation
- Flute, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, 2 Horns, Strings
- Double basses double the cellos one octave lower
- Horms only play accompaniment as they could not play enough notes for melody
- Structure/ Tonality
- Sonata Form (First movement form)
- Exposition: Gm
- Development: Various Key
- Recapitulation: Gm
- Also uses Bb major in bridge, second subject and codetta.
- Sonata Form (First movement form)
- Harmony
- Functional Harmony
- Regular perfect cadences
- Use of Dominant Pedal
- Circle of 5ths in Second Subject
- Melody
- Regular phrase lengths
- Use of a sequence in First theme
- Much melodic material derived from fragmentation and development of opening theme
- First and second themes have contrasting character
- Use of chromatic decent in second theme
- Use of trills
- Texture
- Mostly Melody and Accompaniment (homophonic)
- Some imitative dialogue (between clarinet and bassoon)
- Melodies sometimes doubled in octaves (first and second violins)
- Dynamics
- Very prescriptive dynamics and articulation (use of accents, sudden changes etc)
- Intrumentation
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