Beethoven Flashcards
Kinda pathetic
1
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Harmony and tonality
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- C minor (AO3)
- Exposition, rocket theme- murky bass, alternating notes an octave part (AO3)
- Second subject in E flat minor (AO3), Unusual as second subject is usually in relative major (AO4)
- Suggests that it is Romantic rather than classical, Beethoven was a pioneer to Romantic music (AO4)
- Beethoven uses pivot note modulations in the bridge (AO3)
- Unusual for piece to modulate to unrelated key, not a feature of classical music (AO4)
- Adventurous harmony (AO3)
- Heavy accented chords (AO3)
- Diminished seventh chords (AO3), dramatic (AO4)
2
Q
Instrumentation
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- Piano (AO3)
- Higher Dynamic Range (AO3), exploits this to express the mood (AO4)
- Pedals (AO3)
- Higher note range (AO4)
- Wider piano frame (AO4)
3
Q
Texture
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- Homophonic (AO3)
* Descending monophonic passage (AO3)
4
Q
Rhythm, metre tempo
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- Intro grave (very slow) (AO3)
- Intro 4/4 (AO3)
- Funeral theme, dotted rhythm (AO3)
- Main tempo- very fast with vigour (A03)
- Main metre 2/2 (A03)
5
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Structure
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- Unusual for sonata to have introduction (AO4)
- Sonata form: Exposition, development, recapitulation (AO3)
- Exposition: two themes (AO3), linked with transitions (AO3)
- Coda (AO3)
- Extended structure (AO3)
6
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Melody
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- Introduction- six note motif, florid melody (AO3)
- Funeral theme (AO3), virtuosic and notes in rapid succession (AO3)
- Unusual for sonata to have introduction (AO4)
- Unusual for sonata to sound depressing (AO4)
- Chromatic and scalic runs (AO3)
- Romantic music is more virtuosic than classical (AO4)
- The rocket theme (AO3), rising scale (AO3), articulated notes (AO3)
- Beethoven exploited range of new piano (AO4)
- Dramatic accented notes (AO3), increases tension (AO4)
- Arpeggios and broken chords (AO3)
- Acciaccatura and mordents in theme 2 (AO3)
- Trills just before recapitulation (AO3)
7
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Context
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- Title- suffering
- Cross-hands used in second subject, demonstrates virtuosic playing (AO4)
- Expressive, emotive
- Use of fortepiano and sforzando
