Mozart- Symphony no. 40 in Gminor
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- Mozart- Symphony no. 40 in Gminor
- CONTEXT
- Composed for an Orchestra.
- intended to be performed in large stately home or small concert hall.
- Instrumentation
- Strings play most of the time,, play the melody, scales and chords.
- Woodwind only play sustained notes, some scalic passages and share the 2nd subject with strongs.
- Horns play mostly the held/repeated notes to sustain harmonies
- STRUCTURE
- Sonata form
- The Piece has 3 main section.
- Exposition. contains 1st and 2nd subject and a codetta (a short passage connecting two sections)
- Development., based on the 1st subject
- Recapitulation., a repeat of the ideas from the exposition, 1st and 2nd subject then a coda (the conclusion of the piece)
- RHYTHM, METRE AND TEMPO
- 4/4
- Molto Allegro -- very lively
- start of 1st section - short rhytmic ideas are reapeated.
- starts with an anacrusis (up beat)
- TONALITY
- In Gminor
- the key of the music realted to the struscture of the music
- EXPOSITION- Gminor modulated to Bb major for 2nd subject
- Development - moves through the various keys
- Recapitulation - Gminor, 2nd subject changed to stay in the tonic key.
- Development - moves through the various keys
- MELODY
- melodies are balanced : 4 or 8 bar phrases
- 2nd subject is a bar phrase that ends imperfect cadence, followed by 8 bar phrase, end in perfect cadence
- many phrases are scalic
- 1st subject repeated rhythm, falling motif
- 2nd subject melody with descending chromatic patterns
- HARMONY
- mainly diatonic and functional (based around major and minor chords used to define tonality)
- circle of 5th progression in the 2nd subject
- pedal notes (before 2nd sbject)
- TEXTURE
- Homophonic
- call and response between woodwing & strings (2nd subject)
- octive doubling are frequently used.
- DYNAMICS
- Sudden change in dynamics, few crescendos , no diminuends.
- EXPOSITION-1st subject is mainly quiet the link between is loud, 2nd subject start quiet gets louder.
- DEVELOPMENT- STARTS AND ENDS QUIETLY, LOUD MIDDLE SECTION
- Rcapitulation similar to exposition.
- CONTEXT
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