La poule from Nouvelle suites de pièces de clavecin Flashcards
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La poule from _
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Nouvelle suites de pièces de clavecin
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La poule from Nouvelle suites de pièces de clavecin background information
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- suite, from a collection entitled Nouvelle suites de pieces de clavecin
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- publication date: ca 1729
- harpsichord
- G minor
- 3/4 (meter)
- no tempo given, ut played in a spirited manner
- binary form (AB)
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La poule from Nouvelle suites de pièces de clavecin essay sections
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- Section A
- Section B
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La poule from Nouvelle suites de pièces de clavecin Section A
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- opening motive consists of series of repeated notes (imitate clucking of hen) followed by broken-chord flourish
- throughout work, motive modified: single notes refashioned into two-, three- and four- solid chords and are presented in new harmonic contexts
- many agréments (ornaments): associated w/ French keyboard style, provides rhythmic energy and brilliance
- virtuosic writing: alternation of hands, variety of 16th note figures (including frequently recurring ascending flourish)
- Section A concludes w/ authentic cadence in dominant key, (typical in binary form)
- Section A repeated
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La poule from Nouvelle suites de pièces de clavecin Section Section B
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- restates opening measures in dominant key
- further develop chromaticism heard in Section A
- repeated-note figure remains prominent
- last 7 measures recall close of section A but now in tonic key
- Section B repeated
