Classical music - Mozart Operas Flashcards
1
Q
Harmony
A
- Harmonic sequences
- Pedal notes
- Perfect cadences
- 1st inversion chords in recits
- Circle of fifths
- Functional harmony
- Long cadential progressions
- Sustained chords in woodwind
- Diatonic
- Functional harmony
- Use of secondary dominants to modulate
- Repeated cadence patterns at the end of numbers (e.g., Bartolo’s aria)
2
Q
Melody
A
- Ornamentation
- Intervallic diminution/augmentation
- Periodic phrases
- Countermelodies
- Melodic sequences
- Short interjection
- Antecedent and consequent phrases
- Non-harmony notes
- Appoggiaturas to signal longing
3
Q
Rhythm
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- Motor rhythms
- Syncopation
- Cross rhythms
- Range of rhythms
4
Q
Texture
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- Wide range of textures
- Tremelos
- Layering
- Stretto
- Homophony
- Contrapuntal/polyphonic
- Melody-dominated homophony
- Counterpoint between melody and bass
- Imitation
- Sudden textural changes
- Antiphony
- Dramatic pauses
5
Q
Dynamics
A
- Terraced dynamics
6
Q
Structure and form
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- Allusion to sonata form
- Periodic phrasing
- Range of structures - binary/ternary/rondo/sonata form
- Coda/codetta
