Harmony + Tonality - Exposition

Question 1

What key are we in at the opening of the overture?

Answer 1

C minor

Question 2

What happens in b.17 clarinets?

Answer 2

Diminished 7ths

Question 3

What happens in cellos b.17?

Answer 3

Chromatic bass line

Question 4

What do the strings try to do in Bar 19?

Answer 4

Restart the theme in G major

Question 5

What happens in B.21 clarinets?

Answer 5

Restarted theme interrupted by diminished 7th arpeggios now a 4th higher

Question 6

What is the cadence + key in b.24?

Answer 6

Imperfect cadence in F minor

Question 7

What do the horn + trumpets do in bar 32?

Answer 7

They hold a note which pivots the tonality back to D major

Question 8

What happens in the string parts in bar 35?

Answer 8

Sustained chords take the strings back to f minor

Question 9

What happens in Bar 41?

Answer 9

Return to C major, then to G major

Question 10

What key do we briefly pass through in b. 47

Answer 10

G major

Question 11

What key is the staccato 4 bar theme in in b. 48

Answer 11

E minor

Question 12

What is the “shape” in b.77

Answer 12

Ascending and descending chromatic shape

Question 13

What does the dominant pedal do in b.76?

Answer 13

Changes to C major

Question 14

What is clearly leading to a climax shortly after we pass figure D?

Answer 14

Dominant pedals (double bass)

Question 15

What key is the new version of the first theme in at b96

Answer 15

E minor

Question 16

What happens, in terms of key, in b98?

Answer 16

Swift return to c major