Mozart ~ 1st movement from symphony no. 40 in G minor 1788.
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- Mozart ~ 1st movement from symphony no. 40 in G minor 1788.
- Structure
- Exposition
- 1st subject ~ G minor, uses mostly crotchets and quavers.
- 2nd subject ~ B flat major (relative major) longer sustained notes. Shared between strings and woodwind.
- Development ~ modulates to different keys and develops 1st and 2nd subjects.
- Recapitulation ~ returns to 1st and 2nd subject of the exposition, but with 2nd subject in G minor.
- 1st and 2nd subject, linked by bride passage, to modulate from G minor - B flat.
- Exposition
- Texture
- Middle section has more chordal section.
- Loud sections texture is thickened by octave doubling in both hands, resulting in 6 not chords.
- Apart from 2 monophonic bars at start of coda. HOMOPHONIC.
- In section B, pedal note is inverted (goes to right hand) and the melody and bass are both low in left hand.
- Tonality and harmony
- D flat major.
- Tonality defined by regular imperfect and perfect cadences and dominant pedal.
- Section A ends with imperfect cadence to prepare for middle section.
- Section B is in the tonic minor, notated as C sharp minor.
- Loudest part of B section, suggests a move to E major, returns to D flat major.
- Dynamics
- First subject
- Marked very fast (molto allegro)
- Piano (p)
- Dark intense mood
- Second subject
- Lyrical and relaxed mood
- Bars 62+63 have a lot of crescendos.
- Codetta ~ bars 70+71 are marked piano (p).
- First subject
- Melody
- Right hand melody is lyrical and cantabile and supported by steady left hand quavers.
- Includes dotted rhythms, gentle syncopation, occasional chromaticism and ornamentation. (acciaccaturas, grace notes, septuplets, etc)
- New melody in coda starts unaccompanied and than moves to inner part before final cadence.
- The melody in section B has a narrow range and consists mainly of crotchets and longer notes in the bass, while quaver pedal transfers to the right hand.
- Structure
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