Mendelssohn Movement 2
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- Created on: 14-03-18 18:43
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- Mendelssohn Movement 2
- Harmony
- Use of dominant pedals
- Use of chords 1 and 5
- Emphasises the key that Mendelssohn is using, in this situation D minor
- Use of perfect candences
- Use of pivot chords
- Instrumentation
- Absence of trumpets
- Horns tuned to A
- Horns and clarinets found on Section B
- Sonority change
- Melody
- Countermelodies are used by flutes
- Violins tend to have the melody most of the time
- Use of fragmentation of subject A between the wind instruments by the end of the movement
- Clarinets sometimes take the melody
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- Structure
- Section A: bars 1-34
- Transition: bars 35-44
- Section B: bars 45-56
- Section A1: bars 57-74
- Section B1: 75-85
- Coda - 87-103
- Tonality
- Start in D minor
- Subdominant minor of the home key
- Not traditional
- Would tend to be in the home key at the start of the minor
- 23 - A major
- 48/49 - E major
- 49/50 - D major
- 60 - Brief modulation to B minor
- 57 - A minor
- 69 - D minor
- 75 - D major
- 77 - B minor
- 78 - A major
- 82 - D major
- Start in D minor
- Texture
- Mainly homophonic
- The end is extremely sparse - only the cellos and double bassplay at the end
- Gradually becomes more and more sparse
- Harmony
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