Classical music - Mozart Operas Flashcards

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Melody

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  • Ornamentation.
  • Periodic phrasing.
  • Antecedent and consequent phrases.
  • Doubling in 3rds/ compound 3rds/ 6ths.
  • Consonant.
  • Melodic sequences.
  • Arc-shaped melodies.
  • Scalic/triadic writing in melody.
  • Augmented 4th interval to add colour.
  • Patter.
  • Appoggiaturas to signal longing.
  • Melody usually within an octave range (singable).
  • Uses mainly intervals of 2nds and 3rds.
  • Non-harmony notes - passing, auxiliary, anticipatory.
  • Melodic motifs.
  • Motivic variation/fragmentation.
  • Compound melody.
  • Intervallic augmentation/diminution.
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Harmony

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  • Clear-cut cadences e.g. Perfect/imperfect at the end of phrases.
  • Functional harmony.
  • Harmonic sequences.
  • Preparation - suspension - resolution.
  • Dominant pedal/preparation.
  • Parallel 3rds and 6ths.
  • Augmented/Neapolitan chords to add colour.
  • Circle of fifths.
  • Repeated cadence patterns at the end of numbers.
  • Increased harmonic rhythm towards cadence points.
  • Standard cadential progressions I-IV-V-I or I-IIb-V-I.
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Rhythm

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  • Rhythmic motifs.
  • Motor rhythms.
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Tonality

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  • Modulations to closely related keys e.g., the dominant/relative minor.
  • Diatonic.
  • Use of secondary dominants to modulate.
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Texture

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  • Imitation.
  • Stretto.
  • Melody-dominated homophony.
  • Sustained woodwind chords.
  • Use of rests.
  • Pauses - fermata.
  • Monophony for emphasis.
  • Alberti bass (broken chords in the bass).
  • Repetition.
  • Cross phrasing = Susanna and Marcellina duet.
  • Thicker orchestral texture used to add emphasis on certain words.
  • Antiphony - imitative - non-imitative.
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Dynamics

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  • Terraced dynamics.
  • Sforzandos and Fortepianos.
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Structure and form

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  • Allusion to sonata form.
  • Binary/ternary/rondo/sonata form.
  • Different types of aria like buffo or rage.
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Instrumentation

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  • Predominantly strings and woodwind.
  • Varied articulation - pizz - arco etc.
  • Horn call to signal aristocracy.
  • Horns used for pedal points.
  • Timpani tuned to tonic and dominant.
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