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1
Q

What is the tonality?

A

Bb major

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2
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What is the time signature of the opening fanfare?

A

4/4

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3
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What is the opening fanfare marked and what does it mean?

A

Maestoso-majestically

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4
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What’s the fanfare played by?

A

Brass and percussion

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5
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What are the dynamics for the fanfare?

A

Sforzando

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6
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What is the accent for the fanfare?

A

Marcato

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7
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What is the rhythm for the fanfare?

A

Triplets

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8
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What intervals does the fanfare move in?

A

Perfect 4th and 5th intervals

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9
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What creates a polyphonic texture?

A

Trombones and trumpets playing in canon

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10
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What is the harmony for the fanfare?

A

Broken chords play a quartal harmony

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11
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How does the fanfare end?

A

In unison

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12
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What is the time signature of the march section?

A

2/2

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13
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Where is the accent in the march section?

A

On the first beat of the bar

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14
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What form is the march section in?

A

Ternary form

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15
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Which instrument plays the main theme in the brass march?

A

Trumpets

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16
Q

Which instruments play driving triplets?

A

Lower brass, strings and percussion

17
Q

Which instruments play soaring high notes and rapid semiquavers?

A

Woodwind and violins

18
Q

What instruments play the melody in the gentle string section and how do they play it?

A

Strings play the melody in unison

19
Q

What accompanies the strings?

A

Woodwind triplets

20
Q

What’s the melody like in the middle section?

A

Conjunct

21
Q

What do the strings use?

A

Tremolo and tonic pedal

22
Q

What are the dynamics like in the middle section?

A

Softer (mezzoforte)

23
Q

What does the bass do in the middle section?

A

Plays the dominant pedal (F)

24
Q

What is the texture?

A

Homophonic

25
Q

What does it use (g)?

A

Glissandos

26
Q

What does the bass part do towards the end?

A

Plays an ostinato

27
Q

What does the end section do?

A

Slows down and diminuendoes

28
Q

What is the moment of pieced replaced by?

A

A dramatic build up, booming percussion and a dramatic crescendo

29
Q

What are the chords and rhythms like in the end section?

A

Low minor chords and driving triplet rhythm

30
Q

What instruments pound out a rhythm and what is the rhythm?

A

Timpani and basses pound out a military rhythm

31
Q

What happens to the chords in the end section?

A

They become more chromatic

32
Q

What does the time signature change to in the end section?

A

3/4

33
Q

What comes in at the end?

A

A short codetta where you can head a leitmotif that represents the Empire

34
Q

What does the piece finish with?

A

Low, long, ominous sounding notes

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