Harold in Italy: Movement III 0.0 / 5 ? MusicDeveloping Musical UnderstandingA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: LewDragCreated on: 09-05-17 13:00 Instrumentation Symphony Orchestra Viola Solo written for Paganini - quite easy so refused to play it Horns are usually in F but in E and C in this piece Piccolo and Oboe combined to give the effect of a Pifferi (Italian folk instrument, emphasising story of the piece) Bar 166 - Strings play with mutes Bar 167 - Harp plays with harmonics 1 of 7 Texture Mostly uses melody-dominated homophony Opening starts with a C&G Drone, Tonic Pedal remains throughout by Bassoon Main melodic material played by Oboe and Piccolo in Octaves Strings play homophonic accompaniment in B Section Bars 79-80 Call and response between cor anglais/oboe & clarinet/flute/piccolo/bassoons Bars 202-206 Monophonic statement of the Idee Fixee 2 of 7 Structure Ternary Form (A B A CODA) Section A (Allegro Assai) Characterised by Drone Saltarello Rhythms Harold Theme Section B (Serenade) Characterised by Introduction of the Serenade by Cor Anglais Irregular Phrase Lengths Modulates to D Minor Bar 100 Back to C Major Bar 120 Section A Return (Exact Repetition) Coda Viola Solo plays Serenade Rest of Viola's play Saltarello Rhythms Flute and harp plays Idee Fixee 3 of 7 Tonality Overall tonality is C Major Cadences are clearly defined Modulation is limited (Characteristic of folk) Section A defined by C pedal bassoon Modal Inflections (Bb implies Mixolydian mode) Section B is in C One modulation to D Minor (Relative Sub-Dominant Minor) in Bar 100 Returns to C Bar 120 4 of 7 Harmony Harmonic Language is Diatonic Some chromaticism through diminished chords (Bar 41) Section A harmony built on the pedal in C Bar 19 G7 Bar 14 F Bar 39-40 Imperfect Cadence in A minor Bar 51 more chromaticism (use of semitones) Bar 71 Chromatic Upper Auxiliaries in Cello 5 of 7 Melody Based off 3 melodic ideas Idee Fixee Saltarello (Harold Theme) Serenade Section A Oboe and Piccolo very conjunct Oboe and Piccolo range of a 9th Inversions of basic material eg bars 10 and 13 Section B Melody by Cor Anglais Opens with arpegiac figure Viola Plays idee fixee in long notes bar 65 6 of 7 Rhythm & Metre 6/8 Allegro Assai (A) is twice as fast as Allegretto (B) Beat 2 accented in pifferi melody Bar 77 triplet semiquavers Bar 132 use of semiquavers as ornamentation Bar 192 Rhythmic Augmentation (Length of notes doubled) 7 of 7
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