Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34: movement III
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- Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34: movement III
- Instrumentation
- This is a piano quintet i.e. pianos with a string quartet - 2 violins, viola and a cello
- Wide range used - particularly evident in bars 146-157
- Instrumentation
- Dynamics
- Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34: movement III
- Instrumentation
- This is a piano quintet i.e. pianos with a string quartet - 2 violins, viola and a cello
- Wide range used - particularly evident in bars 146-157
- Instrumentation
- Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34: movement III
- Rhythm/Meter
- Dotted rhythms e.g. in 2/4 time sections such as bars 13-22
- Harmony
- Diatonic
- Use of pedal points e.g. bars 1-12 in the cello part
- Plagal cadence (IV-I) e.g. bars 253-254
- Structure
- The Trio has a ternary structure within itself (bars 194-225 section A, bars 226-241 section B, bars 242-261 section A).
- Dramatic dynamic changes e.g. pp-ff in bars 18-23
- Dynamics
- Dynamics
- Begins in compound duple (6/8). Sometimes changes to simple duple (2/4) e.g. bars 13-22
- Rhythm/Meter
- Dotted rhythms e.g. in 2/4 time sections such as bars 13-22
- Rhythm/Meter
- Syncopated pattern in 6/8 time sections demonstrated in bars 3-5 violin 1 and viola parts
- Fugato theme is bars 67 - 100
- Scherzo has 4 themes A, B, C and Fugato (these keep coming back)
- Structure
- The Trio has a ternary structure within itself (bars 194-225 section A, bars 226-241 section B, bars 242-261 section A).
- Theme A is bars 1-12
- Structure
- Scherzo has 4 themes A, B, C and Fugato (these keep coming back)
- Bars 105-108 in violin 2 the melody is augmented (the original melody is in bars 18-21)
- Melody
- Theme A (bars 1-12) rising melody in C minor, syncopation, marked pp, violin and viola play in octaves at bar 9 and is imitated by piano
- Melody
- Section A (bars 194-225) - 16 bar melody in C major on piano then repeated by strings
- Section B (bars 225(2)- 241) - legato melody with staccato bass (at bar 233 it is reversed)
- Section A (bars 242 - 261) - low tessitura. First 11 bars of melody from first section returns.
- Melody
- Theme A (bars 1-12) rising melody in C minor, syncopation, marked pp, violin and viola play in octaves at bar 9 and is imitated by piano
- Melody
- Section A (bars 242 - 261) - low tessitura. First 11 bars of melody from first section returns.
- Section B (bars 225(2)- 241) - legato melody with staccato bass (at bar 233 it is reversed)
- Texture
- Fugato from bars 67-100 which builds up in to a 5 part contrapuntal texture in bar 84
- Sometimes in unison e.g. violin 1 and viola parts bars 13-18 (1)
- Includes imitation e.g. violin and viola part at bar 9 imitated crotchets by piano later on in piano part
- Texture
- Fugato from bars 67-100 which builds up in to a 5 part contrapuntal texture in bar 84
- Sometimes in unison e.g. violin 1 and viola parts bars 13-18 (1)
- Texture
- Sometimes monophonic e.g. first 2 bars
- Scherzo is in C minor but modulates to the mediant, E flat minor, at bar 100, then E flat major at bar 109, then back to E flat minor at bar 125. This is a tertiary relationship.
- Tonality
- Functional tonality i.e. tonality defines the structure
- Trio begins in C major and modulates to B major in the last 5 bars of Section A
- Tonality
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