area 2.2 Bernstein area 2.2 Bernstein 5.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? MusicBernsteinGCSEAll boards Created by: Sophie kendallCreated on: 09-05-12 12:08 Intro Bernstein: American composer of immigrant background 1918-1990 You need to know one other musical and who it was written by: Wizard of oz - Andrew Loyde Webber it has jazz and Latin-American influences 1 of 9 Structure intro, a, b, b1, a1, outro (ABBA) Sectional 2 of 9 Rhythm and metre fast beginning and end - 3/4 middle- 2/4 rhythmic ostinati cross-rhythms syncopation push rhythms 3 of 9 Melody Falling 4th sustained blue notes -jazz important declamatory phrase - "it may come cannon balling down through the sky" contrasting lyrical theme from bar 73- large leaps and longer note values higher in the vocal range accompanying riffs make important melodic additions 4 of 9 Instrumentation 30 players - bigger than average... 5 of 9 Texture Melody dominated homophony backing consists of several independent layers 6 of 9 Tonality intro= D major section a = starts in d major but has bitonal c/g major effect section b =starts in c major and moves back to d major. 7 of 9 Harmony jazz based frequent use of 4th interval rather than 3rd use of blue notes chords often have extra notes 8 of 9 Dynamics Another dramatic piece- varied dramatic dynamics. 9 of 9
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