Spring🐣🐣- 1st Movement

Question 1

🐣Who is the composer?🐣

Answer 1

🐣Vivaldi🐣

Question 2

🐣time signature?🐣

Answer 2

4

4

Question 3

🐣Dominant family of instruments🐣

Answer 3

🐣strings🐣

Question 4

🐣what is the form?🐣

Answer 4

A B A C A D A E A

Question 5

🍎describe section A🍎

Answer 5

• ritornello theme
• main theme
• ‘return’
• forte and piano

Question 6

🍎what is the tempo of A?🍎

Answer 6

Allegro

Question 7

🍎what does A contain?🍎

Answer 7

Trills~ when you play one note and the note above or below it in quick succession e.g. End of bar 9 in violins

Question 8

🍎what does A represent?🍎

Answer 8

Spring has come

Question 9

🍎what is the texture of A🍎

Answer 9

Homophonic

Question 10

🐝what instruments are used?🐝

Answer 10

3solo violins

Question 11

🐝what does section B contain?🐝

Answer 11

• Trills~ when you play one note and the note above or below it in quick succession e.g. End of bar 9 in violins
• repeated notes
• fast semi quaver movement

Question 12

🐝What texture is B?🐝

Answer 12

Polyphonic

Question 13

🐝what does B represent?🐝

Answer 13

Birds welcome spring in joyful song

Question 14

🌊what does C represent?🌊

Answer 14

The streams flow in the gentle breeze

Question 15

🌊what does C contain?🌊

Answer 15

• repeated semi quavers

- syncopation

Question 16

🌊what texture is C🌊

Answer 16

Homophonic

Question 17

🌊what does C end with?🌊

Answer 17

Minim movement before returning to A

Question 18

🍆what does section D represent?🍆

Answer 18

The sky darkens and there is thunder and lightning

Question 19

🍆what does section D contain?🍆

Answer 19

• tremolo~ playing as many notes as possible within I the duration of 1 note
• rapid triplet semi quaver movement ~ when 3 notes are played on the space of 2

Question 20

🐘what does section E represent?🐘

Answer 20

Little birds return and sing

Question 21

🐘what does section E contain?🐘

Answer 21

• staccato notes~detached notes
• trills
• violin imitates~ when a melody is played+ then copied by another instrument

Question 22

🎼what is in bar 70🎼

Answer 22

Cadenza~ solo section for a solo violin