Chopin- Prelude No. 15 in Db major
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- Chopin- Prelude No. 15 in Db major
- Dynamics
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- Wider range in Section B
- Melody
- Section A- Falling motif to represent sadness "elegaic"- mournful style, melody in right hand
- B- mood- dark and stormy- melody in left hand bass of piano
- A- smorzando- dying away
- Tonality and Harmony
- Db major
- C# minor
- Tempo and Rhythm
- Use of rubato (pull back or speed up the tempo to show expression)
- Distinctive "A" rhythm
- Form and Structure
- TERNARY FORM
- A (bars 1-27)
- B (bars 28-75)
- A (bars 75-81)
- Codetta (bars 81-89)
- Instrumentation
- Solo Piano
- Texture
- Mainly homophonic- melody and accompaniment
- Section B- Thick, chordal almost chorale-like movement
- Facts about set work
- Nicknamed the "Raindrop" prelude, romantic period
- Emphasis on lyrical, songlike melodies
- Exploring a wider range of pitch
- Short piano pieces to huge musical canvasses
- More dramatic and dynamic climaxes
- Dynamics
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