MUSIC GCSE EXTENDED QUESTION

• Mozart Symphony No 40 in G minor
• Key is G Minor modulates to Bb major.
• Lots of imitation between the clarinets and bassoons.
• Time signature is 4/4,
• Large orchestra- introduction of clarinet.
• Sonata form- exposition, development, recapitulation.
• Ornaments and trills used.
• Has two subjects
• Subject 1 has q and a. 4 bar then 4 bars.
• Subject 2 is more lyrical and relaxed.
• Tempo marking- molto allegro- very fast.

Handel 'And the glory of the Lord

• Time signature is 3/4.
• Key signature is A major with modulations to E major and B major.
• hemiola rhythms in violins bars 9&10.
• The piece is based around 4 main ideas.
• Written for soprano, alto, tenor and bass.
• Small orchestra mostly strings, some woodwind, no brass
• Terraced dynamics- no crescendos or diminuendos.
• There is a basso continuo.
• Highest note is an A sung by the sopranos.
• Piece ends on a Plagal Cadence- chord VI to chord I.

Chopin Prelude in Db major

• Key signature is Db major/C# minor.
• There is a constant Ab to represent the raindrops.
• The time signature is 4/4.
• Acciaccatura- very short note
• Septuplet- seven notes in the space of a crotcher beat
• Structure is ABA
• There is an added codetta.
• Section A is a 'light rainfall' as the cords are broken up , also p marking.
• Section B is 'stormy' as there are block chords and f is the marking.
• Sostenuto- sustained notes
• Piece ends on Ritenuto- hold back the tempo

Peripetie by Arnold Shoenberg

• Loosely Rondo form
• Shoenberg stretches instruments to their extreme ranges.
• Note lengths differ from semibreves to demi semiquavers.
• Klangfarbenmelodie- seperates parts into different instruments.
• Hauptismme and Nebentismme voices.
• Hexachords are any six pitches in a scale
• The remaining six are called the Complement.
• Extreme dynamics from pp to fff.
• Based around 3 motifs.
• At the beginning, the three motifs are played followed by a…