Harold in Italy

Pitch/melody/expression 

-         Saltarello (bar 1)

-         One-bar cells resulting in phrases of various irregular lengths

-         Narrow range at first, later expands to a 9^th

-         Revolves around E

-         Mainly moves in 3rds

-         Involves repetition, hint at folk influence

-         As do the ornaments

-         Serenade (bar 32)

-         Opens with a broken chord gigure

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