Beethoven- Sonata Pathétique 1st movement revision

Hey there! You will need a score and its better if you have an audio copy of the music as well to refrence to. 

When youve finished, Write your score in the comments! 

(one point = one mark) 

i would love to see how everyone did. Any suggestions, corrections or improvments just jot them down there as well! 

Good luck! :)

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  • Created by: evmip
  • Created on: 21-02-19 09:16
How many movements overall are there in this piece?
3
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What Movement does this piece come from?
The first
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What form is the set piece in?
Sonata form
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What are the main sections of a sonata
(intro -sometimes) Exposition, Development and recapitulation
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What are the tempos of the different sections
intro: grave (slow and serious) others; allegro di molto e con brio (very fast with spirit)
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What is unusual about the introduction?
it returns briefly twice during the main part of the movement
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what do the transitions consist of?
short four bar references to the introduction
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What does the piece end with?
a coda that mirrors the introduction
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What two periods of music did Beethoven bridge over?
classical to romantic
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Features of Classical music?
1) emphasis on elegance and beauty 2) fairly short melodies 3) clearly marked cadences 4) use of sonata form. 5) mainly homophonic simple textures
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Features of Romantic music?
1) Lyrical melodies. 2) Emotional and dramatic pieces 3) Use of dramatic contrasts. 4) virtuosity 5) reoccurring themes used often
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What Romantic techniques feature in the introduction ?
1) Dissonance 2) Big variation in dynamics 3) dramatic slow dotted chords 4) contrast created with fast scales and slow chords 5) large pitch range 6) Chromatic motion
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How many themes are in the exposition?
3
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What kind of basses does this piece use?
Alberti bass, Murky bass
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what is a murky bass?
where notes an octave apart are played alternately.
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What is Alberti bass?
https://study.com/academy/lesson/alberti-bass-definition-examples.html.
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This section is all do to with the exposition and the themes it establishes, You're gonna need a score from now on , unless you have an eidetic memory..
:)
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(use score) describe the theme from bar 11 to 50. (I will reference this from no on as theme A)
starts in a key of c minor, consists of rising and falling music over a murky bass
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(Use score) Describe the theme from bars 51-88 (theme B)
Theme starts in E flat minor THIS IS UNUSUAL, ROMANTIC FEATURE!!! In classical music it would be expected that he moves to E flat major (the relative major) rather than minor
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(Use score) Describe the theme from bars 89-134 (Theme C)
Starts in E flat major (relative major), made up of broken chords. the bass plays an Alberti bass.
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Moving on to the Development now.... (bars 139-196)
Good luck!
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What is contained within the development?
Variation on theme A which can be heard most clearly during staccato parts, murky bass is still used, broken octaves used in right hand part. Continuous references to introduction and quite a few modulations.
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Where are the broken octaves in the right hand part used?
bars 151-168
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This section is all about the Recapitulation... (bars 197-269)
Not too long to go now, keep going!
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What is contained within the Recapitulation
The 3 established themes appear in turn. Theme A Is in C minor (the same key as the exposition) but themes b and c are in different keys. Theme C also in = C minor. Theme A then returns in the Coda.
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How does the piece end?
FF chords and a perfect cadence
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How many themes reappear in this section
All 3 of them
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What key is the A section in
C minor
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What kind of cadence does the piece conclude with?
A perfect cadence.
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nice
:)
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