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Fauré - Aprés un Rêve Flashcards

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What is the form?

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Modified Strophic Form

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What is it written for?

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Voice and piano

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Tell me more about the form

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The music of the second stanza (17-30) begins the same as the first (2-15) before changing completely for the third

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What is the texture?

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Homophonic throughout

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How about the texture of each hand?

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Right hand quavers throughout

Left hand slower moving bass, generally octaves

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What is the tonality at the beginning of verses 1+2 and at the end?

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C Minor

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What key does verse 1 end in and where can you find a perfect cadence in this key?

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Eb major (relative major) and bars 32-33

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What does Verse 2 end in and what kind of cadence is it?

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F minor imperfect cadence

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Verse 3 starts with what progression

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progression heading towards Bb minor

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What are chords decorated and why?

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7ths and 9ths to obscure tonality, like a dream

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What can you find in the left hand, Verse 1 and 2?

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Circle of fifths

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Are there any false relations?

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Yes, often Eg in bar 7 Bb against B

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What is in bar 27?

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A Neapolitan chord

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How is the word setting?

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Mostly syllabic but some melisma Eg mirage or lumière

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Is Fauré descriptive with dynamic or expression?

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Yes you nun! Have you been living under a rock?!

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In what shape are most phrases

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Arch shape

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Give one example where the phrase is not arch shaped

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The beginning of Verse 3 where the climax is at the beginning of the phrase on Hélas!

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How are the unimportant syllables at the end of phrases sung?

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They are phrased off

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He many rests does the singer have and where?

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One between Verse 1 and 2

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Are phrases long?

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Yes, giving a feeling of continuous melody

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What is the time signature?

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3/4

21
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How are gentle cross rhythms created?

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Gentle cross rhythms are created by quavers in the piano against the triplets in the voice

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