Set Work: Dances of Galanta Flashcards

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Texture

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  • Contrapuntal
  • Unison
  • Canon
  • Tutti passages
  • Monophonic
  • Homophonic
  • Polyphonic
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Dynamics

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  • Sforzando
  • Extremes
  • Sudden changes
  • Crescendo and diminuendo
  • Precise
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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
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