Lonely Room Flashcards
Key
B minor
Begins with
Sparse texture, tremolo on strings and unstable B6 chord and quiet menacing horns
Section B mood change
Falling harp arpeggio Patterns
Contrast of Major and Minor tonality through out
B “shadder of a tree” hints a C maj = Neapolitan key to B min
Bright E maj
B “the girl; that I want”
Chaotic harmony codetta
B tonic pedal with Eb major chord harsh with false relation of Bb. 8v
Conjunct melody
Rises in pitch “thinks her better’n me!
Melody line
Speech like patterns monotonous repetitive melodies with limited range
Ending harmony of codetta
Dim 7 before a 9th chord
Consistent timing
Steady 44 time moderate tempo
“All a pack’o lies!”
Belting
“Storm” of instruments in accompaniment in section ….
Play …
B
Sforzando
The music is __ at first to exaggerate the fact that he can hear the floor that “creaks”
Pp
Structure
Ternary structure
First performed
1943