Pathétique Movement 1 Flashcards
Who is it by?
Ludwig van Beethoven
What era is this?
Classical/romantic
What is the timbre?
Piano
What is the form?
Sonata form
What makes up sonata form?
Exposition, development, recapitulation
What does the music finish with?
A coda
What is the texture?
Melody dominated homophony
What are the dynamics like (3 points)?
- wide range from pp to ff
- sudden changes e.g. fp
- gradual changes
Tonality?
C minor
What is the tonality of theme B?
Eb minor
What is the tonality of theme C?
Eb major
What does the harmony use (3)?
- dissonant chords
- dramatic chords
- diminished 7th chord
What is the rhythm?
- grave
- allegro di molto e con brio
- dotted rhythms in the intro
What are the 7 features?
- dissonance
- variation in dynamics
- sudden and gradual changes in dynamics
- dramatic chords
- contrast
- large pitch range
- chromatic movement
What is the bass in theme A of exposition?
A murky bass where notes are an octave apart
What are the features of theme B in the exposition?
Ornamentation and clefs
What are the features of theme c of the exposition?
Broken chords and and alberti bass
How does the exposition end?
With a codetta
What are the main features of the development?
- E minor and g minor
- variation if theme A - staccato parts
- murky bass with broken chords in the right hand
- modulations
What are the main features of the recap?
- three themes reappear
- theme B in F minor
- theme C is now C minor
What are the features of the coda?
- theme A comes back
- concludes with ff chords
- finishes on a perfect cadence
