Poulenc Sonata for Horn, Trumpet and Trombone 0.0 / 5 ? MusicSet WorksASEdexcel Created by: BethanCreated on: 30-05-15 18:34 Basics 'Neoclassical': Structure built on simple, traditional forms Hrmonies often similar to 18th century but with discords Rhythms influenced by jazz-syncopation Wider variety of instrumenation Broadly tonal and diatonic 1 of 8 Performance forces and their handling New instrumental combination Modern trumpet could play chromatic music Trumpet part=wide ranging-2 8ves and 1 tone Trumpet=main solo instrument oom-pah accomapniments Trombone=awkward leaps Horn has low notes 2 of 8 Texture Beginning=simple melody dominated homophony Some use of 2-part textures Monophony used Various 3-part textures 'oom-pah' textures bars 40-45 Last bar=homorhythm Bar 26=2 part counterpoint between trumpet and trombone 3 of 8 Structure Ternary form-ABA Section A split into 3 parts, 1st=main theme, 2nd=new faster themes, 3rd=return of opening theme Section B=new theme passed between trumpet and horn with 4 bar linking section featuring 2 octave leaps in trumpet Section A=return of main theme with section B music interpolated and a chromatic coda and slow down to the end 4 of 8 Tonality Tonal Frequent discords Frequent chromatic notes Tends to modulate to remote keys Beginning=G major Middle=Eb major-added chromatic notes, eg A and B natural Bar 40=Bb major 5 of 8 Harmony Often quite bare Simple perfect cadences transformed by use of discords Outlined by broken chords occassionally Bar 86-7=pedal Bb on trumpet under trombone chromatic descent 6 of 8 Melody Simple diatonic tunes used, eg opening Tunes outlined by broken chords Balanced pharses, eg opening Mostly conjunct, eg opening Scalic music sometimes with added chromaticism Repeated notes Ornamental phrases 7 of 8 Rhythm and metre Principle melody contains mainly quavers and semiquavers Tunes begin on anacrusis, eg 1st phrase Semiquaver scale in free rhythm bar 39 Syncopation Rhythm sometimes broken by rests Time signature changes, eg opnening changes between quadruple, triple and quintuple time Speed changes frequently 8 of 8
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