First Movement Melody, Themes And Motifs Flashcards
What types of themes did he like to write?
Short, balanced themes with periodic phrasing
How are his melodies infused with character?
Through the use of rhythm and articulation
What did Haydn take inspiration from when writing melodies?
Folk songs of the Austrian and Hungarian region
What do his melodies often use which was typical of the time?
Period phrasing, with equal length question and answer phrases
What is his melodic phrasing also categorised by?
Moments of Irregular phrasing
What do themes vary between?
Conjunct and triadic movement
Though all themes can be described at diatonic, what is sprinkled within them?
Limited chromaticism
How did he like to develop melodies?
Develop melodic and rhythmic characteristics of motifs
What is melodic economy?
Using only one or two themes to construct an entire movement through thematic transformation and motivic development
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- Played by bass instruments
- Ends in a cadence where flutes and oboes are added.
- First 4 notes are Dies Irae Gregorian chant
- 1st 6 bar phrase takes us to dominant (Bb major), 2nd returns to the tonic (Eb major)
How is the first subject theme characterised?
- Detached and slurred notes
- Quaver and semi-quaver rhythms
- A (first six quavers) and B (quaver, 4 semis and quaver)
Where does the first subject theme begin?
On the second beat of the bar 40
(In new time sig of 6/8)
What happens in the transition?
(In regards to a, b and intro material)
Several short motifs are used to help the music modulate the the dominant
- A on oboe at bar 60
- free inversion of B on first violins at bar 71
- introduction theme on violins in Bb at bar 74
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- Lyrical, four bar melody
- played on oboe and first violins
- contains sequential motif C
Where does the second subject begin?
Bar 80
‘The second subject as a whole is…and ends with a…’
Very short
brief codetta motif
What is the codetta motif found in and what motif is it derived from?
Bass instruments
C
