He shaved the faces of gentlemen who never there after were heard of again Flashcards
Dynamics - he shaved the faces if gentlemen who never there after were heard of again
Same p and pp
Crescendo in ostinato under ‘heard of again’ - highlights vocals
Rhythm - he shaved the faces if gentlemen who never there after were heard of again
6/8
Structure - he shaved the faces if gentlemen who never there after were heard of again
5 bar phrase - tension and unease as it is unusual - like Sweeney
Soloist singer
Pitch - he shaved the faces if gentlemen who never there after were heard of again
Low pitch in vocals to show murder
Melody - he shaved the faces if gentlemen who never there after were heard of again
Anacrusis on ‘he’ to minor 6th to ‘shaved’ creates dissonance - major 2nd above ostinato = Sweeney is with the death of the Dies Irae
The most dramatic part of the verse is sang in constant quavers from ‘who never there after were hard of again’, so that the animated rhythm matches the increase in acation in the text
Falling sequence across whole phrase/starting from ‘faces’ to the end of the phrase
Low on ‘again’ = death and murder
‘Again’ held for emphasis of death
Tetxures - he shaved the faces if gentlemen who never there after were heard of again
Voice, clarinet, viola and cello
Timbre - he shaved the faces if gentlemen who never there after were heard of again
Accompaniment has word painting with lots of dissonances = evil
Harmony - he shaved the faces if gentlemen who never there after were heard of again
Harmonic upbeat - E7/d + tritone + minor 6th leap on to muted horn 9th appoggiatura = establishes the evil
‘Never’ has a tonic pedal and tritone = subdominant pedal, S.T rise in ostinato and upper auxiliary note
Minor 3rd on ‘gentlemen’ and ‘who’ and ‘after were’
Major 3rd on ‘of again’
All represent evil
Tritone interval between cello and ostinato when subdominant pedal begins
Chords - he shaved the faces if gentlemen who never there after were heard of again
I9- I911 - IIc (G#dim) - IIc
