Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
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- Symphonie Fantastique - Berlioz
- Melody
- Idee fixe unifies work - not static
- Beethoven Pastoral Symphony 1st movement
- Not only the idee fixe melody which alludes to the artist's state of mind - rising tension
- Idee fixe unifies work - not static
- Tempo, rhythm and metre
- Highly emotional charged music - wide variety of rhythms
- Andante symphony 1st - Elgar - ties unsettles pace
- Main section is allegro which is typical of 1st movements in sonata form
- Bridge section has slower rhythm moving into the second subject - contrasts of rhythm used descriptively at an early stage
- Highly emotional charged music - wide variety of rhythms
- Instruments
- Wrote it for a large orchestra - lots of instruments using specific sonority
- Movement 5 of same piece - brass and percussion
- Thought instrumentation all the time since he wasn't a keyboard player
- Wrote it for a large orchestra - lots of instruments using specific sonority
- Tonality
- Follows expected pattern with some exceptions
- Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet overture
- Clear cadences to delineate sections but lack of modulation - makes new keys feel like new ones
- Bruchner symphony no 6
- Follows expected pattern with some exceptions
- Harmony
- Diatonic and mostly functional - lacks instinct for harmony
- Haydn Symphony No 26 1st movement
- Idee fixe is harmonically vague
- Tristan chord - wagner complex
- Diatonic and mostly functional - lacks instinct for harmony
- Structure
- structure of the first movement stretches conventions
- Clara Schumann set work
- identification of coda is problematic
- Beethoven last movement/symphony
- structure of the first movement stretches conventions
- Texture
- Highly varied throughout and changes frequently
- Gives much independence to the wind section
- Melody
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