The Magic Flute No 4. O zitt're nicht

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Context

- Mozart was at the forefront of musical developments and one of the most important figures

-It is a singspiel

-The Freemason influence can be clearly seen throughout the opera, with repeated use of the number 3 being symbolic and references to masonic rituals

-It is written in the vernacular

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Performance forces

-It is written for a coloratura soprano 

-Therefore it has a high tessitura (range)

-Recitiative is in a Baroque-style, suggesting a archaic and stylised charchater 

-The dyanmics support the emotions depicted in the music 

-It is a full Classical period orchestra 

-There is some word painting, e.g Bars 20-60

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Structure

-It is an accompanied recitative followed by an aria in 2 sections

-There is an orchestral introduction

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Tonality

-Tonic key is Bb Major

-Some transitionary modulations (e.g to the dominant in Bars 14-15)

-Recititative ends with a perfect cadence in G minor

-Larghetto is in G minor

-Ends back in the tonic

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Texture

-Mainly melody-dominated homophony

-Brief imitation in cello at Bars 21-23

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Harmony

-Mostly diatonic and functional

-Use of a Neapolitan 6th chord ar Bar 19, which highlight expressive moments

-Chromatic passages can also be found 

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Tempo, Metre and Rhythm

-Syncopation in the introduction

-Recitittive is in 4/4

-Recit uses speech rhythms

-Some use of dotted rhythms (e.g Bar 10) suggest the French Baroque style

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Melody

-Recitative is syllabic

-Fragmented melody in the opening 

-Mixture of conjuct, scalic motion and leaps which are used for effect

-Some ornamnets such as appogiaturas, which have a 'sigh' effect

-Some sequences

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