C. Schumann Piano Trio in G minor

Question 1

When was Clara Schumann alive

Answer 1

1819-1896

Question 2

Where was Clara Schumann born

Answer 2

Leipzig, Germany

Question 3

What title was Schumann given?

Answer 3

the ‘Queen of the Piano’

Question 4

Which notable composer was Schumann friends with?

Answer 4

Johannes Brahms

Question 5

When did Schumann and Brahms meet?

Answer 5

1853

Question 6

When did Schumann write Piano Trio in G minor?

Answer 6

1846

Question 7

Which movement is this?

Answer 7

Movement 1

Question 8

Which works are scored in this piece?

Answer 8

Violin, Cello and Piano

Question 9

How are the instruments portrayed throughout the piece?

Answer 9

They are well balanced, with each receiving its own prominent passages.

Question 10

In which period was this piece composed?

Answer 10

The Romantic period

Question 11

When does the Romantic period roughly date from?

Answer 11

1820-1910

Question 12

Which musical form is the piece in?

Answer 12

Sonata form

Question 13

What sections does sonata form consist of?

Answer 13

Exposition, development and recapitulation.

Question 14

Which bars are the exposition?

Answer 14

Bars 1-90

Question 15

Exposition: when is the 1st subject 1st idea?

Answer 15

Bars 1-21

Question 16

Exposition: what key is the 1st subject 1st idea?

Answer 16

G minor

Question 17

Exposition: when is the 1st subject 2nd idea?

Answer 17

Bars 22-44

Question 18

Exposition: what key is the 1st subject 2nd idea?

Answer 18

G minor

Question 19

Exposition: when is the 2nd subject?

Answer 19

Bars 45-72

Question 20

Exposition: what key is the 2nd subject?

Answer 20

Bb major

Question 21

Exposition: when is the Codetta

Answer 21

Bars 73-90

Question 22

What key is the Codetta?

Answer 22

G minor

Question 23

When is the development?

Answer 23

Bars 91-164

Question 24

When is the Recapitulation?

Answer 24

Bars 165-288

Question 25

Recapitulation: when is the 1st subject 1st idea?

Answer 25

Bars 165-185

Question 26

Recapitulation: what key is the 1st subject 1st idea?

Answer 26

G minor

Question 27

Recapitulation: when is the 1st subject 2nd idea?

Answer 27

Bars 186-209

Question 28

Recapitulation: what key is the 1st subject 2nd idea?

Answer 28

G minor

Question 29

Recapitulation: when is the 2nd subject?

Answer 29

Bars 210-249

Question 30

Recapitulation: what key is the 2nd subject?

Answer 30

G major (B major in bar 222)

Question 31

Recapitulation: when is the coda?

Answer 31

Bars 250-288

Question 32

Recapitulation: what key is the coda?

Answer 32

G minor

Question 33

Which instruments play the first subject?

Answer 33

Violin (bars 1-8), and then Piano (bars 9-20)

Question 34

What technique is used in bar 5?

Answer 34

Ascending sequence

Question 35

Which interval is used in the opening bar of the 1st subject 1st idea?

Answer 35

A perfect 5th.

Question 36

How would the direction of the overall melody be described in the opening phrase?

Answer 36

Descending from bar 1-4.