Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor
- Harmony
- Melody
- Texture
- Structure
- Tonality
- Rhythm and Metre
- Performing Forces and Handling
- Created by: Sommer Ledger
- Created on: 04-04-14 17:15
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- Brahms
- Harmony
- C major chord at Bar 190 (end of scherzo)- tierce de picardie
- Functional harmony
- Chromatic at times- (middle section of trio
- Final section of trio begins with V7 chord in 3rd inversion
- Augmented 6th chord and Diminished 7th chord
- Phrygian cadence at Bars 20-21
- Melody
- 3 contrasting themes
- Theme 1- syncopated, arpeggio
- Theme 2- staccato, repeated notes
- Theme 3- mix of steps and thirds
- Sequences and repetition- ascending sequence (Bar 9) and descending sequence (Bar 213)
- Chromatic passages are frequent (Bars 166-169)- violin 1 moves up chromatically from E natural to A natural
- Texture
- Strings frequently written in octaves
- Free imitation in Bar 5- polyphonic textures
- Third theme in homophonic/ homo-rhythmic style
- Five part texture using stretto
- Trio generally uses melody-dominated homophony and introduces pedals
- Structure
- Scherzo and Trio structure- large scale ternary form
- Scherzo has 3 main themes with a central Fugato section
- Trio is in ternary form
- Tonality
- Tonic key is C minor
- Tonic major key is used frequently
- Related keys- G minor (dominant)
- Distant keys like E flat minor (fugato)
- Remote key of B major seen briefly in trio
- Pedals reinforce key (tonic pedal at beginning of scherzo and end of trio)
- Long dominant pedal from Bar 225 -233
- Rhythm and Metre
- Mainly compound duple but changes to simple duple (Bar 13)
- Augmentation- semiquavers replaced by dotted crotchets
- Syncopation used frequently (1st note of violin 1 and viola in Bar 2- enter on weak 6th quaver beat)
- Distinctive march rhythm- semiquaver rests and staccato markings give dotted rhythm impression
- Off-beat accents emphasised by sfz (3rd theme, bars 26-28)
- Performing Forces and Handling
- All instruments technically demanding/ virtuosic- piano part with densely textured, multi-note chords
- Wide tessitura in all instruments
- Pizzicato double stopping in violin 1 (Bars 18-20)
- Harmony
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