Corelli - Trio Sonata in D

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  • Corelli -Trio Sonata in D
    • Background:
      • Published in 1689 - mid Baroque
        • Requires 4 players even though it is a trio sonata
      • It is the last of a 4 movement sonata
    • Structure:
      • Binary with each section repeated
    • Tonality:
      • D major with modulations to related keys
        • B minor - bars 27-28
          • E minor - bars 31-32
      • A major - bar 19
  • Rapid, compound duple time (6/8) - Style of a Gigue
    • Rhythm and Metre:
      • Syncopation - bars 26-27
        • Feeling of 3/4 in bar 27 because of a hemiola
  • Basic motif composed of 3rds and stepwise movements
    • Melody:
      • Inversion - bar 20
        • Sequence - bars 8-10
  • Harmony:
    • Functional
      • Diatonic - mainly root position and 1st inversion chords
      • Perfect cadences
    • Suspensions
    • Inverted pedal - bars 15-18
  • Texture:
    • Idiomatic violin writing - although avoids lower register and anything above 3rd position
      • Polarized - 2 high violins with low bass
        • Broadly contrapuntal with fugal elements
          • Frequently homorhythmic - bars 3-4
            • Stretto - bar 20 - imitation after one bar

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