Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
Set work of 2013, a mind map about important points that you need for section B of the exam. It could also help with section A
- Created by: Charlie
- Created on: 30-03-13 13:06
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- Debussy
- Resources
- Symphony Orchestra
- No Heavy Brass
- Strings are not dominant
- No Timpani
- Antique Cymbals
- Flute represents panpipes
- 2 Harps
- Structure
- Ternary with Coda
- Section A
- Intro to theme (A1)
- Transition
- A2
- Section B
- melody play 3 times
- 1st Woodwind
- 2nd Upper Strings
- 3rd Solo Violin
- melody play 3 times
- Melody
- Material driven from:
- Opening chromatic phrase
- Triadic Third Bar 3
- Triplet figure Bar 4
- Other melodic ideas
- Bar 28 Flutes
- Bar 29 Oboe
- Pentatonic Scale Bar 37 Oboe
- Whole tone scale Bar 32 Clarinet
- Material driven from:
- Harmony
- Used for colour
- Few Formal Cadences
- 1st cadence Bar 29 (perfect)
- 2nd cadence Bar 50 (perfect)
- Dominant 7th Chord Bar 94
- Tonality
- Ambigious
- Section A
- Sharp Keys
- Centered around E major
- Section B
- Flat Keys
- Centered around Db Major
- Pentatonic & Whole-tone Scales
- Rhythm & Metre
- Rhythm is fluid within a slow pulse
- Metre is varied & fluid
- Mostly triple time
- Bar 5 Compound duple
- Compound quadruple Bar 30
- Texture
- Monophonic - Opening phrase
- Bars 74 - 78 contrapuntal
- Mostly melody & accom.
- Unison - woodwind Bar 55+
- Parallel chords Bar 51 violins
- Background
- Composed 1892 - 1894
- First Performance : 22nd December 1894 Paris
- Genre: Orchestral Tone Poem
- Resources
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