Der Doppelganger, The ghostly double (Schubert) 1828 Vienna, Austria analysis
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Structure
- Three through composed verse starting bars 5; 25; 43
- Four bar ostinato figure heard in piano five times at the start
Tonality
- B minor first 40 bars
- Rises chromatically to reach D# minor at bar 47
- Begins return to B minor at bar 51
Harmony
- Use of incomplete triads
- Use of chromaticism particularly in bar 41-46 progression
- Augmented 6th chords at climax points e.g bar 51
- Neapolitan 6th chord bar 59
- F# inner dominant pedal for first 40 bars
- Tonic/dominant alternation
- Plagal cadence & Tierce de Picardie at the end
Texture
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