Oh What A Beautiful Morning, Oklahoma

Question 1

Drone used in the introduction

Answer 1

Chord I
8 Bars
Pastoral Image

Question 2

Final cadence

Answer 2

Ic
V
I

Question 3

Texture of he piece is mainly

Answer 3

Homophonic

Question 4

Key =

Answer 4

E Major

Question 5

A cappela

Answer 5

At the start

Question 6

Bar 23: “As high as an elephant’s eye~”

Answer 6

The pitch at which the word eye is sung, is higher than the rest of the verse.

Question 7

Chorus

Answer 7

16 bars

Question 8

Pitched percussion

Answer 8

Piano

Glockenspiel

Question 9

String instruments

Answer 9

Violins chorus 3 doubles voice
Harp also doubles voice
Cello
Viola

Question 9

Brass

Answer 9

Horns

Question 10

Intro

Answer 10

12 bars

Question 11

Verse

Answer 11

16 bars

8 bar phrases

Question 13

Wood wind

Answer 13

Flute - plays a high pitched quaver melody over the other instruments with use of trills to represent birds.

Oboe and Clarinets

Question 14

Counter melody in strings

Answer 14

2nd chorus

Question 15

Disrupted sense of time

Answer 15

Rubato

Use of Fermatas

Question 16

Voice

Answer 16

Male Tenor

Question 17

Rit.

Answer 17

At end of verses

Question 18

Even crotchets in:

Answer 18

Vocal line

Question 19

Pp to

Answer 19

Mf

Question 20

“Beautiful”

Answer 20

Ascending E maj arpeggio

Question 21

“Everything’s going my way”

Answer 21

Descending arpeggio sequence

Question 22

Melody = conjunct

Answer 22

In verses

Question 23

“Climbing clear up to the sky”

Answer 23

Ascends chromatically

Question 24

Set in

Answer 24

Oklahoma 1906

Question 25

First performed

Answer 25

1943

Question 26

End of first verse

Answer 26

Dom pedal with 9th chord | Light mood + mystery

Question 27

Chorus: Curley clarifies his feelings of excitement with

Answer 27

Asus4 chord

Question 28

Ostinatos 2nd verse =

Answer 28

Based off scales

Question 29

Dim 7th chord

Answer 29

End of first chorus | Foreshadows initial rejection