Mozart- Symphony in G Minor

Question 1

What is the form of this piece?

Answer 1

Sonata Form

Question 2

Name the 4 sections that make up this piece.

Answer 2

Exposition, Development, Recapitulation, Coda

Question 3

When was it written?

Answer 3

1788

Question 4

What texture is the piece (mainly)?

Answer 4

Homophonic

Question 5

Name 5 features of the harmony.

Answer 5

Diatonic chords
Chromatic chords
Perfect cadences
Dominant 7th chords
Functuional harmony
Modulates to unrelated keys in development

Question 6

What is the tonality of the 1st subject?

Answer 6

G minor

Question 7

What is the tonality of the 2nd subject?

Answer 7

B flat major (relative key)

Question 8

Describe the dynamics in:-

a) the exposition
b) the development
c) the recapitulation

Answer 8

a) quiet other than the loud transition to second subject. second subject begins quiet and crescendos to loud.
b) very dramatic. Loud in the middle.
c) similar to exposition

Question 9

The development goes though many keys. True or false?

Answer 9

True.

Question 10

The melody uses descending sequences in the 1st subject. True or false?

Answer 10

True.

Question 11

The melody uses chromatic descending sequences in the 1st subject. True or false?

Answer 11

False. it is used in the 2nd subject.