PURCELL: Movement 1

Question 1

What speed is this movement?

Answer 1

allegro

Question 2

How any bars is it?

Answer 2

29

Question 3

How many notes are used in total?

Answer 3

9

Question 4

What does melodic idea 1 consist of?

Answer 4

2 semiquavers, 3 quavers

quaver, 2 semiquavers, 2 quavers

Question 5

Melodic idea 1 characteristics

Answer 5

• fan-fare like
• triadic following D major
• decorated with upper auxiliaries
• leaps of 4ths and 5ths
• conjunct

Question 6

How is a bright mood created?

Answer 6

• Major key of D major
• flurry of semi-quavers increase in each bar= excitement
• fast tempo of allegro
• trumpet timbre and high register
• large intervals (4ths and 5ths)
• flamboyant trill at cadence
• simple, detached chords in accompaniment = emphasises trumpet solo

Question 7

Which instrument plays melodic idea 1 at the beginning

Answer 7

trumpet

Question 8

Which instrument takes over melodic idea 1 after trumpet in bar 4?

Answer 8

Violins take over melody

Question 9

How is violins melodic idea 1 different in bar 4?

Answer 9

It is rhythmically identical but a 4th lower (beginning on A to emphasise new key), similar to a fugal answer

Question 10

What do violin 2 and viola do in bar 4?

Answer 10

Harmonise with violin melody in homorhythm

Question 11

What is homorhythm?

Answer 11

Multiple instruments playing the same rhythm

Question 12

What modulation occurs in bar 5 and how is it indictated?

Answer 12

modulation to A major indicated by G#s

Question 13

What marks the end of a phrase/ section?

Answer 13

perfect cadence

Question 14

What is the texture bars 7-10?

Answer 14

antiphonal texture

Question 15

Between bars 7-11, when is the cadence to D major and what type of cadence is it?

Answer 15

the start of bar 11, perfect cadence (V-I)

Question 16

When is melodic idea 2 established?

Answer 16

Bar 11

Question 17

What does melodic idea 2 consist of?

Answer 17

falling, conjunct quavers

Question 18

What are the characteristics of melodic idea 2?

Answer 18

• smooth
• conjunct
• descending
• in imitation
• quieter than melodic idea 1

Question 19

What is imitation?

Answer 19

the repetition of a melody in a polyphonic texture shortly after its first appearance in a different voice/instrument

Question 20

Which group of instruments imitate melodic idea 2?

Answer 20

strings

Question 21

What indicates the modulation to B minor in bars 11-14?

Answer 21

A#s played by violin 2

Question 22

What happens to melodic idea 2 in bar 14?

Answer 22

diminution of the start of the idea ( quavers to semiquavers= note value gets shorter)

Question 23

What harmonic device is used in bar 17?

Answer 23

inverted tonic pedal

Question 24

What suggests a modal change in bar 17?

Answer 24

c and f naturals

Question 25

What is the modal change to and from?

Answer 25

A major to A minor

Question 26

What type of chord is used to cadence back to D major in bar 20? Describe its function?

Answer 26

Pivot chord
The A major chord can act in two keys. It is chord I in E major and chord V in D major. Therefore, it pivots from E major the dominant of A minor (the current key) to D major which is chord IV in A