Debussy - Pour le piano: Sarabande. 0.0 / 5 ? MusicDebussyASEdexcel Created by: Rebecca GallacherCreated on: 06-05-14 17:23 Information from the first line. 3/4 - 3 crotchets in a bar. With slow and solemn elegance. Key - C# minor/E major - ambiguous. Parallel movement. Homophonic. Lots of octaves and 5ths. Imperfect cadences in bar 2. 1 of 5 Sarabande. Emphasised 2nd beat. Tenuto - emphasised and sustained. Longer half notes on the 2nd beat. 2nd beat is the end of most melodic phrases. Sarabandes are always in 3/4. A dance that everyone knew. 2 of 5 Diatonic/Modal Piece is in C# minor. The Aeolian mode (starts on A) no sharpened B. 3 of 5 Facts. B chord in bar 8 - still ambiguous, use of VII. D major triad with 7th and 9th in bar 12 beat 2. Bars 11 and 12 are exactly the same - all dominant 7th chords. Parallel dominant 7th chords DON'T RESOLVE. Bar 23-28 and 67-70 (quartal harmony) built on superimposed 4ths. Biggest chord in the piece - bar 53, 10 notes. Range C# - E. Regular phrasing for the first 22 bars. Bars 39-40, irregular. Start of the next phrase starts on the last beat of the bar. Accented. Device in bars 67-68 is a HEMIOLA. Using old techniques from 17th century but also uses huge ranges which wouldn't have been used. Mainly homophonic texture. 4 of 5 Structure. Binary? Section A = bars 1-22 Section B = bars 23-27. Ternary? Section A = bars 1-22 Section B = bars 23-41 Section A = bars 42-47. Rondo? ABACAD.. until bar 53 - CODA/ 5 of 5
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