Badinerie Flashcards
Performance technique(s) in badinerie
Tongued (flute)
Form
Binary (AABB)
Dynamics
Forte
Some recordings have terraced dynamics
Composer
JS Bach
Year composed in
1738-9
Tonality of section A
B minor (a major) f# minor
Tonality of section B
F# minor (e minor, d major, g major, d major) b minor
Describe the melody of motif x
Begins with an anacrusis
Entirely disjunct
Describe the melody of motif y
Begins with an anacrusis
Both disjunct and conjunct
Baroque ornaments/compositional devices
Trills
Appogiaturas
Sequences
Texture
Homophonic - melody and accompaniment
Main instruments
Flute and cello, 1st violin participates occasionally
What provide harmony with less busy lines?
2nd violin and viola
Tempo
Allegro
Badinerie is the last of the seven movements from what piece?
Orchestral suite No.2
Describe the harmony of badinerie
Diatonic - mixture of root position and inverted chords
Both sections end with what type of Cadence?
Perfect
Metre?
Simple duple time-
2
4
Rhythm
Ostinato rhythms which form the basis of two short musical ideas (motif x and y)
What note values do motif x and y mostly consist of?
Quavers and semiquavers
Instrumentation
Flute, string orchestra and harpsichord
Five parts of the score -Flute, violin 1 and 2, viola and cello
What does the harpsichord play?
The cello line with their left hand whilst filling in chord with their right hand.