Brandenburg Concerto
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- Created on: 18-10-20 14:33
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- Set work 1: Brandenberg Concerto No 5
- Dynmics
- Few dynamics used - Barque technique
- Terraced dynamics used
- Rhythm
- Triplets make metre sound like compound duple time 6/8
- Style of a gigue
- Triplets and dotted rhythm dominate throughout
- Harpsichord has many semi quaver runs
- Melody
- The melodic writing includes the use of sequences, trills and appoggiaturas
- Opening melody of section B = based on the subject but transposed to B minor
- Entire movement is based upon triadic and scalic ideas
- Opening melody of section A is the subject
- More ornaments added by the performer
- Texture
- Monophonic in bars 1-2 and 233-234 but the rest is contrapuntal and polyphonic
- Frequent use of imitation - two part use between violin and flute in subject
- Section A is in a fugal tone but it is not a fugue
- Some tutti sections played by violin
- Some parts play in unison
- Canon is used
- Structure
- Written in ternary form (ABA)
- Section B - bar 79 to 232
- Ritornello structure
- B minor with modulations to F# minor and A major
- Section A - bar 1 to 78 and bar 233 to 310
- D major with modulation to A major
- Fugal
- Harmony
- Simple, diatonic chords
- Mostly triads in root position or first inversion
- Dominant 7ths
- Tonic and dominant pedals underline changes in key
- Perfect cadence to end each section
- Suspensions
- Instrumentation
- Flute
- Harpsichord
- Violin
- Time/Tempo
- Tempo is Allegro
- Written in simple duplo time 2/4
- Context
- There is a Basso Continuo with figured bass for the harpsichord
- Written in the late baroque period
- It is a concerto grosso piece meaning there is group of solo instruments and an orchestra
- Ripieno - played by string ensemble, violin, viola, violoncello and double bass
- Concertino - played by violin, flute and harpsichord
- Terraced dynamics - two contrasting levels of dynamics, just loud and soft - were used because it is no possible to use many dynamics on the harpsicord
- Dynmics
- Section A - bar 1 to 78 and bar 233 to 310
- D major with modulation to A major
- Fugal
- Time/Tempo
- Tempo is Allegro
- Written in simple duplo time 2/4
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