Mozart - 1st Movement Flashcards
concerto
a solo piece for an instrument where the orchestra accompanies
cadenza
a solo passage within a concerto where the soloist shows off their highly skilled abilities
sonata form
a three part for with exposition, development and recapitulation. It may contain a coda but this isn’t necessary
alberti bass
arpeggiated broken chords played by the LH
instrumentation
1 flute 2 clarinet 2 bassoon 2 horns piano strings
Orchestral exposition ; theme 1a 1
MM first violins
ACC strings
Orchestral exposition; theme 1a , 2
MM flute,
ACC woodwind
Orchestral exposition; theme 1b
MM, Vl1, Vl2, Fl, accomp. Rest of orchestra
Orchestral exposition theme 2a 1.
MM, 1st violins, accomp. Strings
Orchestral exposition theme 2a 2.
MM, bassoon and flute, 1st violin, accomp. Rest of orchestra
Orchestral exposition theme 2b
MM Violin, Call/Answer (dialogue, antiphony) with woodwind
Accomp strings
Piano Exposition
Theme 1a 1.
Piano solo, string accomp. after a few bars.
Alberti Bass
Piano expo
theme 1a 2.
Piano solo, more decorated with scales and arpeg.
Accomp. Straight away from all strings
Piano expo
theme 1b 1
MM, Flute, 1st and 2nd VL (no piano)
Accomp. Orchestra
What follows theme 1b in the piano expo
a scalic and arpeggio passage with string accompaniment
piano expo. theme 2a 1
Piano solo, long notes in the LH
Repeated notes, chromatic movement, dotted rhythm, scale like ending.
piano expo theme 2a 2
MM Fl, Bsn, 1st Vl, CL joins at the end
Piano - descending chromatic sacles
Accomp strings
piano expo theme 2b
MM, Piano, call answer strings and fl
Alberti bass
what comes after theme 2b in the piano exposition
a link
Piano expo theme 1b 2
MM, Fl, 1st and 2nd VL
Accomp. tutti
Development
Theme 3
MM 1st VL
Accomp. Strings
Rest of the development is a piano solo accompanied by the orchestra but with NO FULL THEMES
Recap. Theme 1a 1.
MM 1st vln
Acc flute
Recap theme 1a 2
Piano Solo
Accomp Woodwind
Recap theme 1b 1
MM. 1st Vl, 2nd Vl and fl
Recap theme 1b 2
Piano solo
String Accomp
Coda theme 2b
MM on 1st and 2nd Vl’s
Accomp tutti
What is the form of the movement
Orchestral exposition Piano exposition Development Recapitulation Cadenza Coda
Key
A major
Time signature
4/4
movement
a complete self contained section within a larger musical composition
tonic key
home key- based on the first note of the scale
dominant key
key based on the fifth note of the scale
ternary form
3 part form ABA
rondo form
ABACADA - main theme A returns throughout the piece
recap theme 2a 1
Piano solo
No Accomp.
recap theme 2a 2
MM Flute, clarinet and bassoon
Accomp. Strings
recape theme 2b
MM, Piano, call answer strings and fl
Alberti bass
recape theme 3 1
Piano solo
No accomp
recape theme 3 2
Clarinet and Bassoon
Piano scale accomp
recap theme 1b 3
MM. 1st Vl, 2nd Vl and fl
Accomp Rest
recap theme 3 3
MM flute, basson and 1st
Accomp. Rest
What instruments are playing the melody line in 1a
violin 1s
what instruments are accompanying in 1A
strings
the repeated bass note in bars 1-3 of theme 1A are called
pedal notes
three melodic features of theme 1A
Descending chromatic movement
Repeated notes
Homophonic texture
Three musical features of theme 2A
Chromatic movement
Dotted rhythm
Repeated notes
What instruments join in with this theme (2A) in bar 39
Flute and Bassoon
Later on in this movement, theme 2a is played by the soloist. State two similarities and two differences between the two playing
- No accompanying instruments in the second playing
2. Both contain repeated notes and dotted rhythm
theme 2b explain how the violin and viola notes are played
the violin plays a call and answer with the flute, while the violas play fast, staccato repeated notes.
what are the violins and violas playing at the start of theme 3
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which of the stringed instruments play a completely different rhythm in theme 3
what is different about theme 2A in the orchestral expo versus the piano expo
1st ; Played by 1st violins with string acc
Joined by the flute and bassoon
2nd; A piano solo
The flute, basoon AND CLARINET take over the melody
The piano plays chromatic scales accompanying
