Goldsmith Revision
- Created by: Hazel Rimmer
- Created on: 07-06-13 09:33
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- Goldsmith
- Forces
- Extra Percussion
- Boo bam
- Xylophone
- Congas (Afro-cuban influence)
- Timbale
- Friction Drum
- Bass Resin Drum
- Percussive use of the orchestra
- Vibraslap
- Ram's Horn
- Tibetan Horn
- Electric Harp
- Electric Bass Clarinet
- Symphonic orchestra
- Instruments often play at the extreme end of their register
- Plunger and cup mutes
- Flutter-tonguing bar 55 in trombone
- Terraced dynamics
- Sfz. and accents
- Extra Percussion
- Harmony
- Hexachords
- Tone Row bs8-10 in the piano part
- Chromatic harmony
- Not functional, lacks cadences
- Many chords are a result of a verticalised tone row e.g. bars 1-4
- Pantonality at bars 42-43
- Tonality
- The piece is atonal
- Tertiary relationship between keys
- Rhythm & Metre
- Rapidly changing metre
- Begins in 3/4 changes to 5/4 at bar 10
- Hemiola - congas at bar 16
- Cross-rhythms bars 41-43
- Frequent ostinati on the piano
- Metre changes mark the end of sections
- Syncopation
- Melody
- Often is derived from a 12 note row
- Fragmentary and motivic
- Retrograde inversion (bar 27 in harp, electric harp, clarinet and oboe)
- Inversion b(32 - bass clarinet)
- Retrograde (b23 double bass, bassoon and bass clarinet)
- Structure
- Piece is through-composed
- Has different sections
- Texture
- The piece is largely homophonic
- There is homorhythm in bars 1-4
- There is a 2 part counterpoint in the strings at bars 74-83
- Layered polyrhythmic texture bars 42-43
- Forces
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