Instrumental Music - Schumann, Berlioz Flashcards
Includes "Concerto In D Minor", "Piano Trio In G Minor" & "Symphonie Fantastique" + WL
What is the context of “Piano Trio In G Minor”?
- Chamber music
- Leipzig
- Piano, violin + cello
- For a piano book on songs
PT - Melody
Beethoven - Sonata No. 8
Sonata uses melodic contrast
Downwards 5ths
Uses sonata w/piano but more virtuosic
PT - Harmony
Agitato
Tonal + Diatonic
Functional progressions + Cycle of fifths
Chromaticism offsets perf cadence creation
PT - Tonality
Mozart - Piano Quartet No.1
Exp. - Gm to Bb Maj
Dev. - Frequently related modulations
Recap. - Gm to G Maj.
Also in Gm
PT - Rhythm
Beethoven - Pathetique Mov.1
allegro moderato
Dotted rhythms + syncopation
Dotted Rhythms
PT - Texture
Antithesis - Mozart - Piano Sonata Mov.1
Polyphonically animated homophony
Blocked chords
Broken Chords
PT - Sonority
Brahms - Violin Sonata No.3
Middle piano range favoured w/octaves
double stopping in violin + cello
x2 stopping
SF - Context
- Autobiographical Symphony
- Paris
- Standard symphony orchestra
- For portraying life of an artist
SF - Melody
Harold in Italy
Countermelodies based on arpeggios
idee fixe presented as ascending sequence
Idee Fixe depicts specific idea
SF - Harmony
Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra
chromatic dim.7ths
Dissonant 4-3 sus.
Chromatic harmonies
SF - Tonality
Exp. - Begins in C min ends on tonic major
Dev. - Chromatic GMaj., briefly through Em
Recap. - GMaj ends in CMaj
SF - Rhythm
Stravinsky - RoS
syncopation = dramatic effect
Moto perpetuo + cross rhythms
Frequent rhythm + tempo changes
SF - Texture
Frequently changing
MDH
SF - Sonority
Mahler - Symph No.8
- Groundbreaking Orchestra Size (64+)
- Range of instrumental techniques
Large Orchestra
