Gershwin; Summertime from Porgy and Bess
- Created by: CharleyGleeson
- Created on: 01-05-16 15:41
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- Gershwin
- Performing Forces
- Orchestra as piano reduaction
- Octave range in vocals
- Glissandi and acciacaturas
- Violin obbligato
- Female vocalise
- Rhythm and Metre
- 2/2
- Feels like 4/4
- Slow harmonic rhythm
- Rhythmic flexibility
- Texture
- Homophonic
- Limited imitation
- Briefly monophonic
- Pedals
- Tonality
- B minor
- Chromatic harmonies
- No key contrast
- Pentatonic and natural minor
- Melody
- Anacrusis
- 3rds
- Chromatic
- Whole tone scale
- Phrase 1
- Begins on upper dominant
- Descends to lower dominant
- Begins on upper dominant
- Phrase 2
- Begins on upper dominant
- Descends to supertonic
- Begins on upper dominant
- Phrase 3
- Begins on upper dominant
- Descends to lower dominant
- Begins on upper dominant
- Phrase 4
- Begins on lower dominant
- Ascends to upper dominant then tonic
- Begins on lower dominant
- Harmony
- Basically tonal
- Non-functional
- Parallel m6ths
- Secondary dominant chords
- Pedals
- 16 bar blues
- Text Setting
- Almost entirely syllabic
- Portamento octave slide
- Deviation from written score
- Structure
- Strophic
- Slight variation
- ABAC internal structure
- Performing Forces
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