Schumann: Piano Trio In G Minor Op. 17, Movement I

Question 1

When was Schumann alive?

Answer 1

1819-1896
Romantic

Question 2

What was the instrumentation of piano trio in G minor?

Answer 2

Violin
Cello
Piano

Question 3

How is the music valanga ed between the 3 instruments?

Answer 3

Evenly
Each receives its own prominent passages

Question 4

How many movements are there?
Which one is movement no. 1?

Answer 4

4
Allegro moderato

Question 5

Describe movement 1
How is this achieved?

Answer 5

Melancholic
Lyrical melodic material
Often rich, chromatic harmony

Question 6

What form is the movement in?

Answer 6

Sonata

Question 7

How many sections are there?
What are these sections?

Answer 7

3
Exposition, development, recapitulation

Question 8

When is the theme introduced?

Answer 8

In the opening immediately

Question 9

What is the theme the beginning of?

Answer 9

The first subject

Question 10

What is the theme played by first?
Wha this it then taken up by?

Answer 10

Violin
Piano

Question 11

Wha rides the theme contain?

Answer 11

Many motifs which are then manipulated throughout the movement

Question 12

What does the first subject lead to?

Answer 12

A contrasting theme

Question 13

Wha this the contrasting theme’s key?

Answer 13

Tonic (G minor)
Then relative minor (B flat)

Question 14

What is the contrasting theme a part of ?

Answer 14

A bridge passage

Question 15

What does the contrasting theme lead to?

Answer 15

The second subject

Question 16

Wha this the key of the second subject?
When does the second subject start?

Answer 16

Relative major
Bar 45

Question 17

What elements are particularly used by Schumann and in this trio?

Answer 17

Fugue
Contrapuntal passages (particularly in development section)