Prelude No.15 in Db Major
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- Prelude No.15 in D flat major - Frederic Chopin.
- Context
- one of 24 preludes, composed in 1839,
- Composed in the romantic period, where music is more emotive. rich chromatic harmonies and lots of dissonance.
- modulation between keys and pieces of music are a lot longer
- Instrumentation
- written for the piano and uses the middle and lower range
- Dynamics
- focus on the legato tone
- there is a wide range of dynamics (pp-ff) and lots of crescendos and diminuendos
- no sudden contrast or changes
- Structure Ternary Form(ABA)
- Section A
- Db major quavers in the left hand and melody in the right hand
- Section B
- C# minor quavers in the right hand and melody in the left hand
- Section A1
- Db major but finishes with a brief coda.
- Section A
- Rhythm
- 4/4 throughout, use of septuplet in bars 4 and 23
- Rubato is used in the recording so flexible tempo for expressive effect
- repeated quavers are a unifying rhythmic feature throughout this piece
- Melody
- lyrical, decorated with ornaments e.g acciaccatura in bar 4 and a turn in bar 11
- in section B the melody is in the bass line with a narrower range and longer notes
- Texture
- Homophonic texture apart from 2 bars at the end which are monophonic
- Tonality and harmony
- Db major, diatonic harmonies with the occasional chromaticism
- modulates to the enharmonic tonic minor, sections A & B both end in imperfect cadences but whole piece ends in a perfect cadence
- dominant pedal can be heard throughout most of the piece
- Context
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