Pathétique Sonata, Movement 1.

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When was the Sonata published?
1799.
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What is the meaning of the word Pathétique from French to English? (2.)
Passionate or emotional.
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What musical era does the Sonata seem to anticipate? (2.)
The Romantic Era of the 19th century.
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Give three things, about the sonata, that were rejected by classical musicians.
The violent energy, the tragic passion and the extreme contrasts in the music.
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Give two difference between the modern day grand piano and that of the classical era.
The classical era one had a lighter tone and was less sonorous.
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What is the range (in octaves) of this movement?
Five octaves.
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From what note to what note is the range of the movement?
From F to F.
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What does Beethoven use in bar 10, which exploits the instrument?
Uses long and rapid descents.
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What does Beethoven use in bars 51-52, which exploits the instrument?
Wide leaps.
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What does Beethoven use in bars 113 to 116, which exploits the instrument? (2.)
The use of different clefs and the switching of hands between them.
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What is the dynamic range like and what does it go from and to?
It is wide and it goes from pp to ff.
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What type of dynamic change are used in he movement?
Sudden ones.
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What does Beethoven use, to variate the dynamics of the music? (2.)
Crescendos and diminuendos.
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What does Beethoven use to add emphasis on certain notes?
Occasional forceful accents.
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What does Beethoven use in bar 51 to bar 52, to exploit the musician?
Crossed hands.
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What does Beethoven use in bar 93 to bar 98, to exploit the musician?
Contrary motion, which means wide separation of the hands for the pianist.
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What does Beethoven use in bar 133, to exploit the musician? (2.)
Low and dense chords.
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Give the dates of the Classical era?
1750-1825.
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Give four features of Romantic music, which Beethoven had begun to incorporate into this sonata.
Emotional outbursts, extreme contrasts in dynamics, an adventurous choice of keys and an unusual structure.
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What is the starting section of a sonata and what does it do? (3.)
The exposition, which introduced the first subject in the tonic key and the second subject in a related key.
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What is the second section of a sonata and what does it do? (2.)
The development, which ideas from the exposition are transformed and taken through more distant keys from the tonic.
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What is the final section of a sonata and what does it do? (3.)
The recapitulation, in which the exposition music returns, but is slightly altered to remain MOSTLY with the tonic key.
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What does the first movement begin with and was this unusual?
A slow introduction, which was unusual.
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What does the transition do? (3.)
It links the first and the second subjects together and modulates into a related key to that o the tonic, but must remain in the tonic when going into the recapitulation section.
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What does the codetta do? (2.)
This ends the exposition, by affirming the related the key that the music has modulated to.
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What does the coda do?
This ends the whole movement, by affirming the tonic key of it.
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What is the key of the introduction?
C minor.
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What type of bass is used in the transition?
A rising chromatic bass.
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Where does the codetta gets its inspiration from?
The 1st subject.
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Where is there an enharmonic change (no bar numbers needed?)
At the start of the exposition.
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What is the enharmonic change from and to and in how many bars is this done?
E flat major to D flat major in one bar.
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Where does the middle section of the development get its inspiration from? (2.)
The transition and the introduction.
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At the end of the development what does Beethoven do?
Use a cascade of descending quavers.
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What does Beethoven use 28 bars of the development to do and how does he do this?
Dominant preparation, by using dominant pedal notes for 28 bars.
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What does the end of the repeated slow introduction (in the recapitulation) end on?
A C major chord.
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Material from wha two places are used in the coda? (3.)
The introduction (with the loud dynamic first) and the 1st subject.
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What brings movement 1 to an end?
The loud detached chord at the end.
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How long is Beethoven'a famous motif in the 1st movement?
Six notes.
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What does the introduction include, in terms of scales and give an example?
Scale passages, for instance: in bar 4.
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How does the introduction end?
With a rapid descending chromatic scale in bar 10.
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From what is the first subject formed and give two changes to it?
An ascending scale of C minor, with its second degree omitted and its third degree raised by a semi-tone.
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What does Beethoven use, which is typical of Classical music?
Balanced periodic phrasing.
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When does the transition begin (bat number?)
Bar 35.
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From what bar does Beethoven augment (as the onward pitch descends) the melodic cells in the transition?
From 45.
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What is the phrasing used in the 2nd subject?
Four bar phrasing.
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What does the first 2nd subject end on?
An imperfect cadence.
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What does the second 2nd subject end on?
A perfect
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What type of cadence are common with periodic phrasing?
Complementary cadences.
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What creates an exciting effect through the rising chromatic scale? (2.)
Figuration and decoration.
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Give an example of broken chords in this movement.
Bar 29 to bar 30.
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Give three ornaments used by Beethoven.
Acciaccaturas, mordents and trills.
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Give an example of acciaccaturas.
Bar 54.
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Give an example of mordents.
Bar 57.
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Give an example of trills.
Bar 182.
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What is the metre and tempo of the introduction?
Metre=4/4 and tempo=grave.
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What is the tempo of the introduction's return?
Grave.
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What is the metre of the main part of the movement?
2/2.
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What is the tempo of the main section in the movement?
Allegro molto e con brio.
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What two rhythmic features feature in the introduction?
Dotted rhythms and very short notes.
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Describe the rhythm in the allegro molto econ brio sections? (2.)
There is occasional syncopation and staccato crotchets.
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What creates an ostinato effect in the long sections of the left hand part?
The constant oscillating quavers.
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What do SOME passages contain rhythmically? (2.)
Persistent quavers in both hands, to drive the music forward.
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What is the MAIN key of the movement?
C minor.
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What does the dominant preparation, for the recapitulation, contain? and in what bar range are these?
Long dominant pedal on G in bar 167-187.
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Give the cadence used in bar 9?
Interrupted cadence.
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What cadence is used at the end of movement 1?
A perfect cadence.
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What chord is used on the first beats of bars 2, 3 and 4?
A diminished 7th chord.
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What chord is used in the second half of bars 30 and 34?
An augmented 6th.
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What is the texture of the beginning? (2.)
Homophonic and dense.
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What is the texture of the allegro di molto e con brio sections? (2.)
Melody and accompaniment. and thin(ner.)
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What type of bass does Beethoven use in the first subject?
Murky bass.
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Give an example of Beethoven's sudden dynamic changes.
p-ff-p-ff-p in bars 5-7.
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What does Beethoven use to create a sudden change in dynamics?
sfz- sforzando.
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