Part II Verse 2 Section B1

Question 1

What is are the lyrics?

Answer 1

“Do you think that walls can hide you? Even now I’m at your window. I am in the dark beside you, Buried sweetly in your yellow hair…”

Question 2

Dynamic

Answer 2

Mezzo forte bars 11 - 15
Crescendo up to forte bar 16 - 17
Fortissimo bar 19 to end phrase
Gets louder as he gets more stressed and determined
This reflects planning, desperation and anxiety

Question 3

Rhythm/metre

Answer 3

4/4
Similar to part 1
Animated rhythm with syncopation reflects anxiety b11 - 12, 13 - 14 and 15 - 16 word paints “can hide”, “your window” and “beside”

Question 4

Pitch

Answer 4

Medium to high pitch (tenor)

Range of an a major 9th tessiatura

Question 5

Structure

Answer 5

Bars 11 - 20

11-bar phrase - including short link

Question 6

Melody

Answer 6

New melodic motif at bars 17 - 18, creates falling word painting for “Buried sweetly in your yellow hair”
Dissonance adds to tenderness creating a clash
Intervals: major 2nd creates “blue note” clash in clarinets - word paints “dark” in bar 15, minor 3rds (bars 11, 13, 15), perfect 4ths (bars 11, 15) - word paints “can hide” and “beside”, augmented 4th/tritone (bar 13) - word paints “window”, minor 7th (bar 17) word paints “buried”
Phrase ends on long dominant held for emphasis - word paints Johanna’s long “hair” - they’re far from each other but…

Question 7

Instrumentation

Answer 7

Clarinets (in 3rds with melody) and pizzicato double bass in bars 11 and 13
Harp replaces clarinets in bars 12 and 14
Bassoon replaces double bass in bars 14 and 15
Harp and arco double bass in bar 16
Clarinets return with strings and double bass with bassoon in bar 17
Trombone, horn, cello and double bass in bar 19
B19 - 21 has fuller & slightly more dissonant accompanying chords

Question 8

Tempo

Tonality
Texture

Timbre

Answer 8

Con poco moto (with a little more movement) - a little quicker than part 1
Then there’s ‘a tempo’ at the end of the phrase going back to maestoso (mysterious)
Eb major - key of love
Antiphony in bar 12, 14, 16 and 18- melody against clarinets and bass and bar 19 melody against clarinets and strings - effect of echo, doubt and loneliness
Double bass - arco/pizzicato

Question 9

Harmony

Answer 9

Cadences - plagal cadences bars 11 - 12 and 13 - 14 (IV9 & I9), an imperfect cadence in F bar 16 (II7,11 & V7) and a perfect cadence bars 18 - 19 (V7c & I9,13) - goes into the next section
Dissonant accompanying chords
Tonic chord with an added 2nd prolonged to the end (reminds of the obstinate/harmony of The Ballad of Sweeney Todd)