Mozart: No. 5 Flashcards
what instrument doubles papageno’s part in the opening?
bassoon
describe papageno part
- repeated humming using leaps
- diatonic phrases
- short phrases
what is the texture from bars 27-35?
2-part counterpoint
what happens in music when lady takes padlock off?
modulates to dominant F major - warming tone of pity
describe texture in bars 46-53
3-part homophony
- doubling by orchestra
how are the lyrics ‘locked in silence’ emphasised in music (bar 54)?
- sotto voce (stage whisper)
- 5 part homophony
how are the lyrics ‘rage and violence’ emphasised in music (bar 61)?
- loud dynamics
- unison
- octave doubling
what instrument plays between repeated text and describe its part (bar 64-5)?
- oboe
- descending scales
how are the lyrics ‘loving friendship’ emphasised in music (bar 74-7)?
- perfect cadence at bar 77 reflects completeness of friendship
what happens in story at bar 80 and what instrument is used as an indicator?
first lady presents tamino with magic flute
- flute plays as indicator
what type of cadence is used in bar 84?
feminine cadence 1c-V
what type of cadence is used in bar 90 and why?
perfect cadence V7 to 1
reflects perfection of flute
how is the power of the flute accentuated in bar 96?
- fortepiano dynamics
- minims - stresses power
what type of texture is used in bar 111? what are the strings playing
5-part homophony
- violins playing descending figures
- bass playing tonic pedal
describe texture in bar 117
contrapuntal - separate polyphonic lines
- imitation between 1st and third lady
what key does the music modulate to when papageno tries to escape?
G minor
what are the violins playing in bars 142-145)?
quaver figures - light texture
what harmonic feature is used in bars 150-151?
augmented sixth
how is papageno fear reflected in bar 158?
use of chromaticism
- octave doubling in orchestra
what is the tonality when ladies give papageno the magic bells?
- Eb major (use of dominant sevenths in cadences)
describe texture in bar 184
- 5-part homophony
- homorhythmic
- detached
describe harmony and texture in bar 210
2-part homophony
- close harmonies - use of thirds
how does the mood change in bar 214?
- andante
- returns to Bb major
- violins play pizzicato as bass line
- introduction of clarinet
what harmonic changes occur in bars 214-217?
- alternating root and 1st inversion chords
(I-Vb-vi-iiib-IV-Ib-viib-I-V) - ends with imperfect cadene
what descending figure is used in bar 242?
chromatic descending figure used in clarinet and 1st lady
how does piece end?
music fades away
what is the significance of the number 3 in this piece? give examples
- magic masonic number
- 3 ladies
- 3 gifts (flute/ bells/boys)
- 3 angelic boys