structure Flashcards
structure
is governed by the events on screen in an episodic manner
fanfares and trills
bar 1- acts as an introduction
announce the newspaper headline
first thematic material
heard in E at bar 5
bar 9
theme repeated in G major
with new accompaniments and countermelodies
bar 13
more loud fanfares again signal another newspaper headline
2nd theme
based on scalic music heard earlier starts in bar 15
low bass texture illustrates the seriousness of the political meetings
a third idea
in bass instruments starts at upbeat to bar 22 in pizzicato strings and bassoon
bar 27
a dramatic forte chordal intervention
upbeat to bar 37
chordal music returns
bar 39
music from bar 9 returns, this time in Eb major
bar 49
dramatic, fanfare-like fortissimo
‘suspense music’
bar 52
trills and tremolos and an altered version of the motif from bar 5 in the bass