Composition - Spring - p. 19-22

Question 1

Give the Tempo of Spring’s three movements

Answer 1

First: Allergro

Second: Largo

Third: Allegro

Question 2

Give the Keys of 3 movements of “Spring”

Answer 2

First: E major

Second: C sharp minor

Third: E major

Question 3

Give the Meter of 3 movements of Spring

Answer 3

First: 4 / 4

Second: 3 / 4

Third: 12 / 8

Question 4

Form of 3 movements of Spring

Answer 4

First: ritornello form

Second: two-part structure

Third: ritornello

Question 5

Give the Instruments of 3 movements of “Spring”

Answer 5

First: string orchestra and solo violin

Second: reduced rchestration (no cello or continuo)

Third: string orchestra and solo violin

Question 6

Give the Poetic images of 3 movements of “Spring”

Answer 6

First: joyful spring, birds singing, light wind, thunder and lightning

Second: sleeping goatherd with dog barking at his side

Third: nymphs and shepherds dancing to the soundo f bagpipes

Question 7

Music depiction of “spring is here”

Answer 7

• lively rhythms, happy, bright sound and dance-like

Question 8

Music depiction of birds singing

Answer 8

• high-pitch thrills, repeated-note

Question 9

Music depiction of murmuring streams caressed by gentle breezes

Answer 9

• violins play a fast wavy line

Question 10

Musical depiction of thunder and lightning

Answer 10

• violin play tremolando passages (quick repeats of notes) to describe thunder
• fast 32nd notes scales suggest lightning

Question 11

Musical depiction of goatherd sleeping beside his dog; the leaves rustle gently

Answer 11

• sleeping goatherd - solo violin has a slow melody
• leaves making soft sounds - violin - dotted rhythm in paralle thirds
• barking dog - viola plays the ostinato

Question 12

Musical depiction of nymphs and shepherds to the round of bagpipes

Answer 12

• drones of bagpipes - bass plays pedal point
• dance-like feeling - created by compound meter and the melody rises and falls gently

Question 13

Sequence of poetic images in the first movement of Spring

Answer 13

Spring

Birds

Streams

Thunder and lightning

Question 14

What is the poetic image descrbied by the following in Spring?

• lively rhythms, happy, bright sound and dance-like

Answer 14

“spring is here” (first movement)

Question 15

What is the poetic image descrbied by the following in Spring?

• high-pitch thrills, repeated-notes

Answer 15

birds singing (first movement)

Question 16

What is the poetic image descrbied by the following in Spring?

• violins play a fast wavy line

Answer 16

a quiet streams moved by gentle wind (first movement)

Question 17

What is the poetic image descrbied by the following in Spring?

• violin play tremolando passages (quick repeats of notes) to describe thunder
• fast 32nd notes scales suggest lightning

Answer 17

storms with thunder and lightning (first movement)

Question 18

What is the poetic image descrbied by the following in Spring?

• sleeping goatherd - solo violin has a slow melody
• leaves making soft sounds - violin - dotted rhythm in paralle thirds
• barking dog - viola plays the ostinato

Answer 18

goatherd sleeping beside his dog; the leaves rustle gently (second movement)

Question 19

What is the poetic image descrbied by the following in Spring?

• drones of bagpipes - bass plays pedal point
• dance-like feeling - created by compound meter and the melody rises and falls gently

Answer 19

nymphs and shepherds to the round of bagpipes (third movement)

Question 20

Identify the title of the piece

Identify the poetic image

Describe the music

Answer 20

Spring, The Four Seasons

Sreams flows quietly with light wind creating small waves

Musical depction: violins play a fast wavy pattern

Question 21

Identify the title of the audio recording

Identify the poetic image

Describe the music

Answer 21

“Spring” ritornello theme

Poetic Image: Spring has arrived

Musical depiction: rhythmic, bright and dance-like

Question 22

Identify the title of the audio recording

Identify the poetic image

Describe the music

Answer 22

Spring, The Four Seasons

Poetic image: Birds celebrates the returns of spring with a happy song

Musical depiction: high-pitch trills; also repeated-notes

Question 23

Identify the title of the audio recording

Identify the poetic image

Describe the music

Answer 23

Spring, The Four Seasons

Poetic image: Thunder and lightning of a storm

Musical depiction:violin’s tremolando passages (quick repetition of notes) describes thunder; rising 32nd note scales suggest lightning

Question 24

Identify the title and movement of the audio recording

Identify the poetic image

Describe the music

Answer 24

Second movement of Spring, The Four Seasons

Poetic image: the goathered sleeps in a meadow besid his dog, the leaves make a gentle sound

Musical depiction:

• solo violin’s lazy melody describes the sleeping goatherd
• the violin’s dotted-note in parallel thirds describe the leaves gently making a sound
• the viola ostinato represents the barking dog

Question 25

Identify the title and movement of the audio recording

Identify the poetic image

Describe the music

Answer 25

Spring, The Four Seasons

Poetic image: nymphs and shepherds dance to bagpipe

Musical depiction:

• the bass pedal point suggests the drone of bagpipes
• the lilting compound meter creates a dance-like feeling