Phrases 9, 10, 11, 12 and Coda

Question 1

What are phrases 9, 10, 11, 12?

What is the coda?

Answer 1

“Oh my friends, my friends don’t ask me”, “what your sacrifice was for”, “empty chairs at empty tables” and “where my friends will sing no more”

Instrumental which fades out

Question 2

Dynamic

Answer 2

Accompaniment - mf, cresc to f, cresc, dimin to pp

Countermelody - mf, cresc to f, dimin to p, dimin to pp

Question 3

Rhythm/metre

Answer 3

4/4
Syllabic word setting
Moving quavers
Syncopation = tension

Question 4

Pitch

Answer 4

High tenor range
Second “friends” is the highest note out of all the notes of the whole song, this word paints the cry of pain
Low pitch when Marius finishes shows his sadness of never seeing them again

Question 5

Structure

Answer 5

Four 2-bar phrases
Overall the tempo, texture, dynamic and rhythmic activity drop => as Marius refers to his friends in the 3rd person again, realising they will never return = w.p.

Question 6

Melody

Answer 6

B51 - 58 similar to b11 - 18 but transposed up to C# minor. Some notes in b51 are transposed up an additional 4th.
Falling sequences word paint sadness
First “friends” has a 9th word painting “pain”
Second “my friends” is a minor 6th word paints his love for his friends
“ask me” is a falling P5th = w.p.
“for” is a rising major 3rd = melisma & w.p.
Tritone and major 6th are conflicts of pain + love
“no” has 13th = w.p.
Rising inverted 4 note motif shows (w.p.) his friends ascending to heaven
Coda has a rising step motif in oboe
Coda, also, ends with a falling minor 6th showing love

Question 7

Instrumentation

Answer 7

Oboe playing countermelody - disjunct accompaniment with lower notes to show sorrow
Strings and guitar in the accompaniment - both play octaves
Guitar appears in both the top and bottom lines at the end

Question 8

Texture
Tonality
Timbre
Tempo

Answer 8

Homophonic and imitative (of previous bar - phrase 9)
C# minor
Sorrowful
Back to original tempo but then gradually slowing down - sub. a tempo rall., a tempo, poco rall., molto rall., tempo primo (96 - 100bpm) and rall.

Question 9

Harmony

Answer 9

9-8 suspension word paints "tables" - same as phrase7
Major chord V7 word paints "friends"
Perfect cadence (V7 to I(9)) to vocals = w.p.
Settles on tonic chord/pedal at the end