Pathetique Flashcards
What is the timbre?
Piano
What is the structure/form?
- sonata form (expo,dev,revap)
- coda or tail piece
- transitions
What is the texture?
Melody dominated homophony
What are the dynamics?
- wide range
- sudden changes
- gradual changes
What’s the tonality?
- overall C minor
- a is c minor
- b is eb minor
- c is eb major
What’s the harmony?
- dissonant chords
- dramatic chords
- diminished 7th chords
What are the rhythms?
- grave
- allegro di molto e con brio
- dotted rhythms in intro
What the 7 main features?
- dissonance
- variation in dynamics
- sudden and gradual changes in dynamics
- dramatic chords
- contrast
- large pitch range
- chromatic movement
How many themes does the exposition have?
3
What does section A have?
Rising and falling music over a murky bass, where notes are an octave apart and played alternatively
What does B have?
Ornamentation and clef changes
What does C have?
Broken chords and alberti bass
What does the exposition end with?
A codetta (little tail piece)
What are the key signatures of the development?
E minor and G minore
What is it a variation of?
Theme A (staccato parts)
What makes up the development?
Murky bass with broken chords in right hand
What are there a lot of in the development?
Modulations
What appears in the recapitulation?
Each of the three themes appear in turn
What are the key signatures in the recap?
- A is c minor
- B is f minor
- C is c minor
What happens in the coda?
- A returns
- concludes with FF chords
- Finishes on perfect cadence
What are the features of the left hand in A?
Quaver octaves and murky bass
What are the features of the right hand in A?
- C minor
- conjunct
- piano
What are the features of theme B in the left hand?
- treble clef
- chordal
What are the features of theme B in the right hand?
- E minor
- legato
- ornamentation
- crescendo
- clefs switch
- staccato
What are the features of theme C in the left hand?
-broken chords and alberti bass
What are the features of the right hand in theme C?
Eb major and arpeggios
