Impressionism Debussy- l'après midi d’un faune

Question 1

Harmony

Answer 1

Harmonic pedal 94-99
Whole tone, pentatonic, octatonic scales
Tonally ambiguous but resolves to E major
Chromatic opening
Extended chord

Question 2

Structure

Answer 2

Tone poem?
Ternary form with coda at the end
1 movement by Debussy (wanted it to be 3)
Flute melody 1-30, oboe there onwards

Question 3

Instrumentation/sonority/timbre

Answer 3

Harp is interesting (glissando) adds colour
Horns muted
Sur la touche in bar 85
Antique cymbal used- interesting use of percussion
Strings divided, muted and tremolo and arco and pizzicato

Question 4

Texture

Answer 4

Beginning is monophonic 
MDH throughout 
Pedal 106-110
Homorhythmic bar 110
Doubling of instruments

Question 5

Melody

Answer 5

Flute opening melody is chromatic
Flute covers the range of a tritone
Elongated first note
Conjuct
Bar 32 whole tone melody

Question 6

Rhythm/metre

Answer 6

Rhythmic flexibility
Triplets in bar 1 and 2
Cross-rhythm in bar 67
Bar 55 syncopation
Pulse and metre hard to discern
Opening metre is compound triple
Frequent metre changes
B section has more stable metrical framework