Beethoven

Question 1

what key is pathetique in

Answer 1

tonic is C minor B section is in Eb major

Question 2

instrumentation of pathetique

Answer 2

just a piano (ugh)
left hand plays alberti bass which is broken chords

Question 3

style of pathetique

Answer 3

classical piece (written in 1798) with clear influences from romantic as its title refers to suffering and the romantic period is characterised by being more expressive

Question 4

dynamics in pathetique

Answer 4

dramatic and very accented (going from very calm to very loud) the introduction is ff and fp comes up which means forte to piano

Question 5

rhythm pathetique (introduction)

Answer 5

Grave (slow) and 4/4- (four bars of this appear at start of development section and start of coda)

Question 6

rhythm pathetique(exposition)

Answer 6

Allegro di Conte e Con Brio (played in a fast tempo with spirit) 2/2

Question 7

use of augmentation (pathetique)

Answer 7

(b.139-143) notes from intro have been doubled in length

Question 8

melody in beethoven

Answer 8

mixture of conjunct and disjunct motion the piece demonstrates a florid melody (very flowery and ornamented making it sound lyric) there is a lot of dissonance to create more tension

Question 9

harmony in beethoven

Answer 9

murky bass (in broken/repeating and alternating octaves) in exposition
lots of diminished 7th chords linked to suffering

Question 10

what in dominant preperation

Answer 10

preparing for the piece to go back into C minor

Question 11

recapitulation

Answer 11

a idea is c minor b idea is f minor