Overall analysis

Question 1

Dynamics

Answer 1

Mezzo forte 1-5 then diminution to piano at bar 6 for opening lyric
Word paints sadness and regret

Crescendo bar 18 word paints “hills”
Bar 19 falls to espresso piano
Crescendo at 49

Question 2

Rhythm

Answer 2

4/4 simple time

Quavers, minims, dotted minims, crotchets

Question 3

Pitch

Answer 3

Highest note is B word painting “hills”
Falling pitch word paints rise and fall of hilly landscape
Pitch supports syllabic word setting

Question 4

Structure

Answer 4

Section 1 is Binary form (AB)
Section 2 is Ternary form (ABA1)
Mostly 8 bar phrases - there are certain 4 bar phrases with anacrusis leading into the phrase

Question 5

Melody

Answer 5

Rising melody at 19,31 - falling melody 10,11= word paints and sets mood
Main motif (c,q,q,m) is rising and falling “the hills are alive”- word setting
Generally conjunct and Scalic eg 31
Chromatic eg 8,9,34
Conjunct vocal melody
Monotone- supports syllabic word setting “deep in the dark” bar 9

Question 6

Instrumentation

Answer 6

Start - horns, woodwind, trombone- harp and string for uplifting moment
Clarinet doubles melody as voice enters
19 flute, harp replace strings - word paints “alive”
24 horns word paint “years” and 33 “hears”
34 clarinet with violas and flute
43 English horns joins flute - word paints “to laugh like a brook”
50, 59 horn - mood of hope
57 harp joins crescendo
65 flute solo to finish

Question 7

Texture

Answer 7

Polyphonic texture with homophonic parts
Call and response 23,27,29,33,53
Antiphonal arpeggios in accompaniment 43-46 - hills echoing back
65 echo effect “more”
Sparse texture at bar 5 “a star has come out” highlights loneliness

Question 8

Tempo

Answer 8

Intro = Allegretto animato (quickly animated) - informative
Bar 7 = Tranquilo (tranquil) - opening sad lyric
Bar 19 = Con espressione (with expression) - emotion brings hills to life
Bar 62 to the end = Colla Voce (go with the voice)

Question 9

Tonality

Answer 9

D major mostly
6 - Eb supertonic retirning to D major at 9
41- Amajor reverts to D major at 42
47 F# minor
48 A major then D major at 50 after circle of 3rds
Tonality undulates like landscape

Question 10

Harmony

Answer 10

Primary chords I,IV,V
Rising chordal accompaniment 1-6
13 - B 1/2 dim7 as Maria upset word paints “pause and i wait”
E major love chord 23,27 for “songs” and “ hills”
Cadences - many perfect eg 8,12 - perfect scenery - 65 “more” eternal
Imperfect eg 15,21, regret - word paints “lonely”
Plagal- 48- spiritual “in the night”
Ostinato 9-18 (slightly quicker), 19-30 (arpeggiated) eternal horizons rises and falls eg “deep in the dark green shadows”

Question 11

Word painting

Answer 11

Pitch word paints “hills”. 19
Rising melody 31 “my heart wants to sing”
Tie at bar 33 “hears” word paints listening to hills
Rising harmony and melody 35 -37”like the wings of the birds that rise from the lake to the trees”

Question 12

Word setting

Answer 12

Deep in the dark- monotone supports syllabic word setting 9