General

Question 1

what bar does section A1 start?

Answer 1

bar 1

Question 2

What bar does section A2 start?

Answer 2

bar 15

Question 3

What bar does section B1 start?

Answer 3

bar 23

Question 4

What bar does section B2 start?

Answer 4

Bar 35

Question 5

what bar does section a start

Answer 5

52

Question 6

what is the relationship between the first and second mvt

Answer 6

neapolitan (flattened 6th)

Question 7

what is the key at the start of the b section

Answer 7

b minor

Question 8

how does b minor relate to the opening key

Answer 8

minor neapolitan

Question 9

give features of this work that is typical of neoclassicism

Answer 9

clear cadences (imperfect 29-30), use of octatonic scales (21-22,30), wrong note harmony (42), avoidance of root position chords

Question 10

how does bar 23 fit into the form of the movement

Answer 10

could be the opening of the b section in ABA structure - return of A in 52 is unusually in dominant

Question 11

describe harmony in 37-45

Answer 11

series of sequential 6/3 chords (38-45) - incidental augmented chords at 42,44

Question 12

where is there octatonic writing

Answer 12

21-22, 30, 33-34, 62-64

Question 13

where does the melody from bar 1 and 2 first reappear

Answer 13

bar 41

Question 14

how is the repeat of the opening material different to the first time

Answer 14

repeated sequentially in 43-44- bassoon countermelody added in 41-43

Question 15

discuss Poulenc’s use of scales and modes in this movement

Answer 15

whole work built on Neaplotan relationships (mvt 1 in a major, met 2 in Bb major), modulations to unrelated keys (e minor at bar 17, c major at 41), use of octatonic scale (21-22,30,33-34,62-64), Bb not returned to after bar 10 except for first inversion at bar 41. central section in B =/- but tonality ambiguous because of the lack of root position chords until bar 35

Question 16

outline the structure of the work

Answer 16

loosely ternary form (a=bar1,b=bar23,a’=41), new melody at 23 in b minor and recall of melody at 41 has sense of tonic, lack of contrast between a+b, end of a section should be tonic V-I which there isnt at 22, recall of a isnt in tonic, return of a at 52 is in f major and is short, more like a coda

Question 17

comment on features that make this work neoclassical

Answer 17

immediate chromaticism in RH piano (bar1), changing metres at 8, wrong note harmony (41-46), simple structure-arguably in ternary form, use of octatonic scales (bar 21-22,30,33-34,62-64)

Question 18

comment on use of instruments in this movement

Answer 18

uses full range of each instrument (low b in oboe at figure 5), piano has accompanying role in figure 1, antiphony between wind (bar 12-13), bassoon plays countermelody (bar 41)

Question 19

what is the tonic key of the movement

Answer 19

Bb major

Question 20

give one harmonic feature of the opening bars

Answer 20

tonic pedal in LH of piano - immediate chromaticism in RH piano

Question 21

describe harmony in bar 3

Answer 21

Gb chord, modal harmony

Question 22

key and cadence in bar 7-8

Answer 22

perfect cadence in f major

Question 23

key in bar 11

Answer 23

Eb major

Question 24

key in bar 12

Answer 24

Db major

Question 25

Key moved to in bar 17

Answer 25

e minor

Question 26

key and cadence in bar 21-22

Answer 26

imperfect cadence in B +/-

Question 27

name the melodic feature seen in bars 26-29

Answer 27

diminution

Question 28

describe the harmony in bar 30

Answer 28

descending dom 7th and augmented 6th chords

Question 29

where is the neapolitan 6th chord

Answer 29

bar 13

Question 30

where is the tierce de picardie

Answer 30

35

Question 31

describe the melody in 41-45

Answer 31

sequential- from opening melody

Question 32

where is the wrong note harmony in the movement

Answer 32

bar 42

Question 33

describe the harmony in 45-51

Answer 33

entirely diatonic (45-48), more chromatic (49-51), broken chords in LH piano, increased harmonic rhythm

Question 34

key at 52

Answer 34

f major

Question 35

describe the harmony from bar 52-end

Answer 35

tonic pedal in LH piano, static harmony due to pedal, octatonic from 62-64, plagal feel at 59-60

Question 36

describe the final chord

Answer 36

dissonant major 7th in f minor