L'arlesienne suite Flashcards
What was the romantic era
A style of western art music composed from approximately 1850 to 1910
What is incidental music
Music composed to accompany the action of a play, television programme, radio programme, video game or film to fill the intervals between scenes.
Orchestral suite
A set of pieces from music that was originally composed for a ballet or play arranged into a suite to be played in a concert setting
Intermezzo
A piece of music played between between the scenes or acts of an opera or play
Farandole
A lively dance from provence usually in 6/8 time
Tutti
All insturements play
Canon/imitation
One group of insturements starts to play the tune, and then another group and then another group imitates the tune two beats later
Counterpoint
Two independant melodied heard at the same time
Andante
At a walking pace
Ma con moto
But with motion
Allegro
Fast
Deciso
Decisively
Vivo
With life
Tempo di marcia
Tempo of a march
Allargando
The music gets slower with a broader tone
Rit.
Gradually get slower
Cresc
Get louder
Molto
Much
Dim.
Gradually get softer
Poco a poco
Little by little
Accent
The start of the note is emphasised
Martellato
As loid as an accent and as short as a staccato
Staccato
Shorten the note
Sforzando
Suddenly loud
Aciaccatura
(Crushed note) the first note is okayed very quickly with almost no time value
Slur
Play the notes without separation
Tremelo
A trembling effect caused by repeatedly playing the same note rapidly with the bow
Pizzicato
Plucked
Arco
Bowed
8va
Play notes an octave above written
What is the insturementation in intermezzo?
Flute Oboe Clarinet Basson Saxaphone Horn Cornet Timpani Harp Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola Cello
Tonality
Eb major
Time signature
4/4
Mood
Solemn
Form
ABA1
Tempo
Andante moderato ma con moto
Allegro moderato
Texture
Homophonic
Musical features - broken chords
The violin and viola play a broken chord accompaniment at the beginning of section 2
Musical features- dynamic changes
Bars 1-4 played fff but bars 5-8 pp
9-12 are played fff but bars 13-16 played pp
Bars 17-45 feature contrasting dynamics
Musical features - tempo changes
Section A is played andante moderato ma con moto with ritardando at the end
Section b changes to allegreto moderato and changes to allargando at the the end.
Section A1 is back to original tempo
Farandole insturementation
Piccolo Flute Oboe Clarinet Horns Trumpets Cornets Trombones Timpani Tambourin Bass drum Cymbals Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola Cello Double bass
Key
D minor/D major/B minor
Time signature
2/2 and 2/4
Mood
Lively
Form
A B A and B
Tempo
Allegro deciso
Alegro vivo e deciso
Texture
Homophonic and polyphonic
Musical features- canon
Bassoons, horns, violas and cellos imitate oboes, clarinets and violins bars 9-15
Musical features- counterpoint
The B theme (farandole) is played by flue, oboe, clarinet and violin while the A them (march) is played by horn, cornet and trombone
Musical feature- key changes
Changes from D minor to D major for the farandole dance tune at bar 17
Changes from D major to B minor at bar 101
