Section A1 Phrase 2

Question 1

What are the lyrics?

Answer 1

“Isn’t it rich, Isn’t it queer, Losing my timing this late in my career? And where are the clowns? There ought to be clowns. Well maybe next year…”

Question 2

Dynamic

Answer 2

Mp vocal melody

Pp accompaniment

Question 3

Rhythm/metre

Answer 3

12/8, bar 38 9/8, bar 39 12/8
Bar 38 9/8 fits lyric “timing”
Anticipation bars 36, 37
Cross rhythms and hemiola 2 against 3 bars 36, 37
Syllabic word setting

Question 4

Pitch

Answer 4

Range of a major 9th tessiartura

Question 5

Structure

Answer 5

Consequent
7 bar phrase (uneven) vocal melody creates tension
9 bar accompaniment phrase
Bar 35-43 verse concludes similarly to bars 23-30 with slightly altered ending

Question 6

Melody

Answer 6

3 note anacrusis bars 35, 36, 37
Intervals - 2nds, 3rds, perfect 4ths, 8ves
Motifs - “x”, “x1”, “x2”, “x3”

Question 7

Instrumentation

Answer 7

Desiree (alto)
Flute and clarinet counter melody
Harp and cello in accompaniment
Strings in bar 37 and 42

Question 8

Texture
Tempo

Tonality
Timbre

Answer 8

Homophonic, tonic pedal, antiphony bar 36 and 37
Lento, bar 41 rall (gradually becomes slower), bar 42 molto (much slower)
Db major
Harp plays soft flowing broken chords in continuous quavers

Question 9

Harmony

Answer 9

Tonic pedal
Perfect cadence x3 - V7,9 plus tonic pedal & I word paints “rich” (b 36) , “queer” (b37) and “clowns” (b41)
Plagal cadence - IV7,9(11,13) & I7,11 word paints “clowns?” (B40)