Berlioz Notes

The piece is overall in c

Modal inflections

Modulates to D minor

Returns to tonic key of C

Diatonic

Opening built on a tonic pedal of c

Serenade harmonic vocabulary expands

ABA CODA

a- allegro assai

drone

salterello

B- idee fixe

serneade

serenade in DM then C Major

A- Exact repetition of first A section

Coda

Salterello rhythm maintained by violas

Solo violas play serenade

idee fixe played by flute

Salterello- allegro Assai

repeated notes

conjunct

centered around E

no interval greater than a 3rd

Serenade

cor anglais plays

chromaticism 

idee fixe

compound duple

serenade uses 3/4 and 6/8

triplets

rhythmic augmentation

mainly melody dominanted homophony

monophony

drone

piccolo and oboe in octaves