M Mozart

Question 1

What is the interval between the 2 parts that play the 1st subject?

Answer 1

Octave

Question 2

State two ways that the instrumentation for the symphony is different from the usual classical orchestra.

Answer 2

No trumpets
No timpani
Only one flute
Horns in b flat and g

Question 3

2nd subject ends with a ………….. cadence in the key of ….. major

Answer 3

Perfect

B flat

Question 4

Sonata forms

Answer 4

Exposition development recapitulation

Question 5

When 2nd subject returns in recapitulation, it is in the key of …………..

Answer 5

G minor

Question 6

Name 3 instruments that play the three note motif at before 2nd 1st subject

Answer 6

Violins
Flute
Cello
Clarinet

Question 7

How does mozart develop 1st subject in recapitulation

Answer 7

Repetition
Modulation
Chromatic alteration

Question 8

What musical device is heard in the horn and bassoon part towards the end of the extract

Answer 8

Dominant pedal

Question 9

Describe the tonaility of the 1st 2nd subject

Answer 9

Major with some chromatic notes

Question 10

Just before the codetta, the violins, bassoons and flutes/oboes play a rising/falling scale/arpeggio. It is performed legato/staccato.

Answer 10

Flutes
Falling
Staccato

Question 11

Which 3 woodwind instruments play the motif in the beginning of the coda

Answer 11

Clarinet
Flute
Bassoon

Question 12

Describe the dynamics of the coda

Answer 12

Start quietly
Then loud
Suddenly quiet again
Ends loud
Contrasting dynamics
Use of cresc and dim

Question 13

Last bit of coda.
The whole orchestra plays a(n) ……………. texture and the harmony is based on chords … and …. . The movement ends with a ………….. cadence in …. minor.

Answer 13

Homophonic
V
Perfect
G

Question 14

In which century and period was this work composed

Answer 14

Classical

18th century

Question 15

How many movements are there in this symphony?

Answer 15

4

Question 16

Comment on
Melody
Tonality and harmony
Structure
Rhythm
Texture
Instrumentation

Answer 16

Melody:
Periodic phrasing
1st and 2nd subjects
Contrasting themes
Melody doubled
1st subject-3 note motif, scale descent, repeated notes
2nd subject-longer note values, scalic passages and sequences, falling, chromatic notes, lyrical

Tonality and harmony
1st subject G minor
2nd Bflat major
2nd in recapitulation G minor
Perfect cadences
Development section exploration of different keys
Development starts in Fsharp minor
Diatonic harmony
Functional harmony

Structure
Sonata form
Exposition
Bridge
Codetta
Development
Recapitulation
Coda

Rhythm
On beat rhythms
Some dotted
Anacrusis
Scalic quaver passages
2nd subject longer note values

Texture
Homophonic
Doubling of parts
Octaves
Dialogue between strings and woodwind

Instrumentation
No trumpets
No timpani
Classical ochestra- 1 flute oboes clarinets bassoons horns violins viola cello

Question 17

The first subject is played by the 1st and 2nd ……………..

Answer 17

Violins