Mozart

Question 1

concerto n symphony?

Answer 1

Concerto- is a symphony for a solo instrument that is accompanied but an orchestra

symphony- just an orchestra sonata is just one insturment

Question 2

transposing clarinet?

Answer 2

Transposing instrument: instrument plays different notes

Clarinet is in Bb and they think they are playing a C it comes out as a Bb

Want a Bb they play C

Want a C they play D

A whole tone lower
D major

But for Mozart in A major the clarinet is in A so:
If you play C it comes out as A (3 semitones) Bb,B,C

Question 3

facts about the clarinet- basset horn?

Answer 3

• The basset horn is a clarinet in F
• The modern basset horn is like a modern clarinet which benefits form he addition of more levers
• He originally wrote this piece for a basset horn but now he changed it to a clarinet in A
• The clarinet in a was published a few years after his death
• Bass clarinet is pitched in B flat but transposes an octave and a tone lower

Question 4

about the clarinet- registers?

Answer 4

lowest register- chalumeau - rich, dark and breathy

middle register- clarion - Brighter and sweet - Middle C to the C two octaves above middle C

highest register- Altissimo- shrill and piercing

Question 5

orchestra

Answer 5

• everything had 2
• creates space for clarinets
• Oboes and trumpets are taken out as they are in the same range

Question 6

movements?

Answer 6

1. fanfare
2. slow
3. three time
4. flashy ending

• In sonata form

Question 7

cadenza?

Answer 7

• flashy soloist

Question 8

what did they have in the classical period that made a perfect balanced composition?

Answer 8

They had clear 2 bar phrases because int he classical period they wanted a perfect balanced composition

Question 9

movement 1 small facts?

Answer 9

• Fanfare
  -Imperfect cadence - ends on 5 (not finished)
  4/4
  lower strings (cellos and double basses)
  Chromatic- black and white notes
• canonic

Question 10

movement 2 small facts?

Answer 10

• 3/4 - in a three time he has combined 2/3
• D major- subdominant A major (dominant is 5 so subdominant is one under 4)
• ternary form
• cadenza

Question 11

movement 3 small facts?

Answer 11

• A major
• 6/8 tonic key - compound
• 2 beats in a bar
• rondo

Question 12

2 tonality facts

Answer 12

• Augmented 6th- Ends on 5 (dominant ) (E) the bottom starts on a semitones higher and the top starts on a semitone lower and they slide into E and adds a major third
  Its called an augment 6th is because of the interval between e.g. F natural and D#- becomes a perfect cadence
• There are modulations to closely related keys:
  a) The dominant – E major
  b) The relative minor – f# minor
  c) The sub-dominant – A major

Question 13

2 harmony facts

Answer 13

• Over a dominant pedal resolving to the tonic chord in second inversion
  He reintroduces a chord of the dominant seventh with a flattened nith E,G#,B,D,F natural
• Broken chord in a major and it has octaves and two chords of a major which ends it (tonic chords)

-Two main harmonic devices are used in this movement:
a) pedal note
b) sequence

Question 13

2 texture facts

Answer 13

• Melody and accompaniment
• the solo enters with the main rondo theme accompanied but the upper strings

Question 14

2 timbre facts

Answer 14

• Makes it very virtuosic because its bouncing off of different registers

-Speeding to its joyful and affirmative conclusion it reference to the clarinets contrast of different registers and now compressed

Question 15

2 metre facts

Answer 15

• 6/8
• compound time

Question 16

2 instrumentation facts

Answer 16

• 1st and 3rd episodes. The horns are also transposing instruments.
• There are no oboes, trumpets, or timpani; Mozart leaves out the loudest, most

Question 17

2 structure facts

Answer 17

• rondo
• At the start of bar 247 there is a recapitulation up to 300

-The theme is constructed of question and answer phrases (known as antecedent and
consequent)

Question 18

2 melody facts

Answer 18

• The clarinet the has a passage of semiquaver arpeggios and scales

-Ornaments such as acciaccaturas and trills

• there are two clear phrases and the first four bars ending on the dominant and the next four on tonic