Set Work: Dances of Galanta Flashcards
1
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Context
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- Written in 1933
- Twentieth Century Style
- Kodaly = Hungarian
- Hungarian folk and C20 influences
- Gypsy bands and Verbunkos style - Ethnomusicology
- Hungarian Rhapsody
2
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Instrumentation
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- Romantic Orchestra
- Flute I+II
- Oboe I+II
- Clarinet in A I+II
- Minor 3rd lower than written - Bassoon I+II
- Horns in F I+II
- Perfect fifth lower than written - Trumpet in C I+II (Mutes)
- Timpani
- Percussion (Snare drum, Triangle, Tubular bells, Glockenspiel)
- Violin I+II
- Viola
- Violoncello
- Contrabasso
3
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Melody
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- Based on Hungarian folk melodies
- Introduction melody taken directly from piano arr. of folk music. - Ornamented (Accicaccatura, mordent)
- Chromaticism (Clarinet cadenza)
- Roma tunes
- Tritone
- Mainly conjunct (8ve leaps)
- Angular melody
- Modes
- Harmonically charged melodies
4
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Harmony/Tonality
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- Complex with simple melodies
- Begins in A minor (G natural suggest mode)
- Dorian mode - Static harmony
- Bar 10: Theme in D minor
- Rondo: Begins by passing through different keys
- Quartal harmony: based on 4ths
- Chromaticism
- Circle of fifths
- Unconventional modulations
- Bitonal
- Tritone
- Diatonic
- Pedal notes
- Dissonance
5
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Rhythm, metre, tempo
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- Syncopation
- Off-beat
- (Double) dotted rhythms - folk influence
- Scotch snap
- Rubato - folk influence
- Triplet
- 2/4: Typical of Hungarian folk dances
- Strong bass note and off beat quavers - Rhythmic diminution
6
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Structure
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- 1-49: Introductory theme
- 50-235: Rondo
- 50-92: Principle Theme
- 93-150: Episode I
- 151-172: Principle Theme
- 173-228: Episode II
- 229-235: Principle Theme - 236-490: Dances I-V
- 236-333: Dance I
- 334-361: Dance II
- 362-420: Dance III
- 421-442: Dance IV
- 443-490: Dance V
- 490-542: Dance I recap.
- 543-565: Dance V recap. - 566-578: Brief statement of PT of Rondo
- 579-607: Coda
7
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Texture
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- Contrapuntal
- Unison
- Canon
- Tutti passages
- Monophonic
- Homophonic
- Polyphonic
8
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Dynamics
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- Sforzando
- Extremes
- Sudden changes
- Crescendo and diminuendo
- Precise
9
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Hungarian Folk influences
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- Opening melody is based on melody from Viennese scores of dance music.
- Double dotted rhythms are typical of Hungarian Folk music.`
- Melody is based on modal scales which are common in folk music
- Opening Cello melody (1-5) = Am modal
- Clarinet cadenza - C major, however the tonic is not accented creating a modal feel - Acciaccatura (66, Oboe)
- Rubato (83) = feature of Hungarian folk music
- Scotch snap which is accented on beat 3 (50)
- Verbunkos style of Hungarian folk - Syncopation (56-57, strings + 66-69, horns)
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Twentieth Century influences
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- Extremes
- Dynamics
- Pitch
- Orchestration - Dissonance
- Syncopation
- Tritone
- Quartal harmony
- Unconventional modulations
- Chromaticism