Septet
- Created by: Louise Biden
- Created on: 20-05-14 12:23
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- Septet in Eb: Movement 1 - Beethoven
- Metre
- Adagio: 3/4
- Demisemiquaver passages e.g. bar
- Allegro con brio: 2/2
- Adagio: 3/4
- Rhythm
- Continuous triplets e.g. bar 76-79
- Syncopation e.g. bars 45-46
- Many themes begin on an anacrusis e.g. bar
- Diminution in closing bars
- Tonality
- Modulations to closely related keys
- Define structure
- 1st subject - Eb major
- 2nd subject - Bb major - dominant
- Development - C minor -> Ab major -> F minor
- 2nd subject in recapitulation remains in Eb
- Development - C minor -> Ab major -> F minor
- 2nd subject - Bb major - dominant
- Touches on Eb minor in intro
- Modulations to closely related keys
- Harmony
- Intro ends with dom. 7th chord
- Pedal points = raise tension e.g. bar
- Functional
- Perfect cadences e.g. bar
- Imperfect cadences e.g. bar
- Root & 1st inv. chords with occasional 2nd inv.
- Harmonic rhythm increases at cadence points
- Occasional chromatic chords - e.g. German Aug 6th, bar 7
- Resources
- 3 woodwind instruments & 4 strings
- Violin & clarinet have main melodic interest
- Horn & bassoon have harmonic counterpoint
- Double bass adds texture
- Violin & viola: Double stopping = addition force e.g. bar 1
- Structure
- Slow intro followed by sonata form
- Exposition - 1st subject, transition, 2nd subject, codetta
- Development
- Recapitulation - 1st subject, 2nd subject
- Coda
- Recapitulation - 1st subject, 2nd subject
- Development
- Exposition - 1st subject, transition, 2nd subject, codetta
- Slow intro followed by sonata form
- Background
- 1799 - classical
- 1st of 6 movements
- Size of ensemble - suitable for concert & chamber performance
- Melody
- Periodic phrasing e.g. bar
- Ornamentation e.g. bar
- Scalic patterns e.g. bar
- Chromaticism e.g. bar
- Sequences e.g. bar
- Mainly broken chords & conjunct movement
- Opening motif of 1st subject - derived from figure in bar 8
- Texture
- Mostly MDH
- Adagio - contrast between tutti chords & single monophonic violin line
- Bar 8 - 3 part string chords in alternation with tutti chords
- Pedal notes = textural stability e.g. bar
- Antiphony e.g. bar 47-49
- Octaves e.g .bar 111-115
- Homorhythms e.g. bars 53-55
- Imitation e.g. bars 258-264
- Metre
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