Mozart- Symphony No.40 in G minor, 1st movement

Question 1

Mozart:

Tempo, Rhythm and Metre (5 points)

Answer 1

🎻Molto Allegro (very fast).

🎻4/4.

🎻1^st subject- Anacrusis at start.

🎻Augmentation of opening notes.

🎻Syncopation.

Question 2

Mozart:

Melody (5 points)

Answer 2

🎻1^st subject- 1^st 3 notes become an important motif, upward leap of a 6^th, descending stepwise pattern, use of sequence.

🎻Bridge- theme outlines B^b major triads.

🎻2^nd subject- Use of semitones sounds like sighing, graceful melodic lines, periodic phrasing (Q & A).

🎻Different themes have a distinct melodic identity and contrast with each other.

🎻Uses motifs from a theme.

Question 3

Mozart:

Tonality (5 points)

Answer 3

🎻Tonic= G minor.

🎻Exposition- 2^nd sub➡️B^b major (relative major).

🎻Development- remote key F^# minor followed by circle of 5^ths.

🎻F^#m➡️Em➡️Am➡️Dm➡️Gm➡️C➡️F➡️B^b.

🎻Recapitulation- 2^nd sub stays in tonic.

Question 4

Mozart:

Harmony (7 points)

Answer 4

🎻Balance between diatonic and chromatic harmony.

🎻Perfect and Imperfect cadences.

🎻Uses Ic➡️V⁷➡️I at perfect cadences.

🎻Uses dominant 7^th chords (e.g: end of Exposition).

🎻Uses dim⁷ and aug⁶ chords (e.g: dim⁷ at bar 101).

🎻Uses dominant pedals.

🎻Movement ends with series of tonic and dominant chords➡️4 full stops.

Question 5

Mozart:

Structure (4 points)

Answer 5

🎻Sonata form.

🎻Exposition= 1^st sub➡️Bridge➡️2^nd sub➡️Codetta➡️Repeat.

🎻Development= Develops 1^st sub.

🎻Recapitulation= Same as exp. but stays in tonic➡️Coda at end.

Question 6

Mozart:

Instrumentation (5 points)

Answer 6

🎻Violins 1 & 2, Violas, Cello, Double Bass.

🎻1 flute, 2 clarinets, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons.

🎻2 horns➡️Lack of valves so can’t play all notes➡Mozart has one horn in G and one in B^b to thicken texture at key points.

🎻Strings are main section and carry most musical interest.

🎻Wind sometimes has themes with strings accompanying them.

Question 7

Mozart:

Texture (6 points)

Answer 7

🎻Mainly homophonic.

🎻Melody in 8ves in violins with busy quaver accomp by violas.

🎻2^nd sub= lighter and more chordal melody.

🎻Development= contrapuntal with 1^st sub and new countermelody.

🎻Short links where entire orchestra in unison.

🎻Antiphony between strings and wind (bar 47).