Mozart 40 Flashcards
What are the three sections to sonata form?
Exposition, development, recapitulation
What is the first subject played by?
violins accompanied by the violas, cellos and double basses. (Strings section)
What is the key signature of the first subject?
G minor
At the beginning, the melody starts on the ……. beat, a weak beat of the bar – this is known as an …….
fourth, anacrusis
Another feature of the …… Is question and ……. phrasing – a four-bar phrase answered by another ……..-bar phrase
Meoldy, answer, four
Listen to the opening. Notice how the second four-bar phrase ends with a …….. . Notice the use of the ………. in the first six bars and the repeated quaver accompaniment.
Perfect cadence, tonic pedal
What is the note of the pedal used in the first subject?
G
What is a perfect cadence?
A perfect cadence sounds final and uses chord 5 (the dominant, in this case D) followed by chord 1 (the tonic, in this case G minor).
How does mozart link the first two subjects?
He uses a transition or bridge at the end of he first subject, leading to the second. Between the 2 subjects there is a bridge passage which is used to modulate from one key to the other
How do you find the relative minor of something?
Count down 3 semitones from the beginning of the scale
What is the structure of the piece?
Sonata form
How do you find the relative major of something?
Go up 3 semitones
What is the key signature of the second subject?
B-flat major
How are the keys of the two subjects linked?
The second subject is the relative major (b-flat major) of the first subject (g minor)
Does the second subject use an anacrusis when opening?
No, the melody starts on the fist beat if the bar
What instruments play the melody in the second subject?
has a melody shared between strings and woodwind (clarinets and bassoons)
In the exposition, the second subject is made up of two ……….. phrases, the first ending with an ……. and the second phrase ending with a …….. .
Four-bar, imperfect cadence, perfect cadence
What section comes after the exposition in sonata from?
Development
The recapitulation follows the ………… . Here the material from the ………… is repeated in a slightly different and shorter form. The recapitulation returns to the …… key of G minor and opens with the first subject.
development, exposition, tonic
In the recapitulation, what key is the second subject now played in?
The second subject is now also heard in G minor.
What is a coda?
A coda is a short section which comes at the end of a movement.
The movement ends with a …….. . The final bars close the movement with repeated perfect ……… played by full orchestra
Coda, cadences
What era was the pice composed in?
From the Classical era 1750-1830
Exposition ends with a short ……
codetta (a smaller version of a coda)
