Symphony No. 40 in G Minor - Mozart

Question 1

When was the Symphony composed?

Answer 1

1788

Question 2

Which era was the Symphony composed in?

Answer 2

Classical

Question 3

How could the melody lines be described?

Answer 3

Balanced and graceful

Question 4

What is in the melody?

Answer 4

Periodic Phrasing

Question 5

What do the themes of the melody do?

Answer 5

Contrast

Question 6

Where else is the 1st subject’s motif used?

Answer 6

The development

Question 7

What does the first subject start with?

Answer 7

A three note motif

Question 8

Name some things that the 1st subject contains

Answer 8

Upward leap of a minor sixth
Scalic descent
Repeated notes
Sequences

Question 9

Name some things that the 2nd subject contains

Answer 9

Descending
Scalic passages/sequences
Chromatic notes
Lyrical/ more emotional

Question 10

What is a difference between the 1st and 2nd subject?

Answer 10

2nd has longer note values

Question 11

What type of scale does the piece generally follow?

Answer 11

Diatonic

Question 12

What kind of notes does the piece use?

Answer 12

Some chromatic notes

Question 13

What key is the first subject in?

Answer 13

G Minor

Question 14

What key is the second subject in?

Answer 14

B flat Major

Question 15

What key is the second subject in the recapitulation?

Answer 15

F sharp Minor

Question 16

What does the development do?

Answer 16

Explores different keys, modulates to completely unrelated keys

Question 17

What defines the keys?

Answer 17

Perfect cadences

Question 18

What is the rhythm like?

Answer 18

Slow and Harmonic

Question 19

What texture is the ending?

Answer 19

Homophonic

Question 20

What happens in the exposition?

Answer 20

Modulation

Question 21

What is the structure called in the piece?

Answer 21

Sonata form

Question 22

Name the elements of the structure

Answer 22

Exposition
Codetta
Development
Recapitulation
Coda

Question 23

How many main subjects are there in the piece?

Answer 23

Two

Question 24

What is the tempo marking for the symphony?

Answer 24

Allegro

Question 25

Describe the rhythm in the 1st subject

Answer 25

Very fast

Question 26

Describe the rhythm in the 2nd subject

Answer 26

Slow, with longer more slurred note values

Question 27

What type of techniques are also in the piece?

Answer 27

Augmentation
Anacrusis
Syncopation

Question 28

What is the instrumentation of the piece?

Answer 28

Orchestra
No trumpets
No timpani
Only one flute
Double bass doubles the cello

Question 29

What is the texture of the piece

Answer 29

Melody-Dominated Homophony

Question 30

What else is in the piece?

Answer 30

Imitation/canon

Question 31

What are the dynamics in the 1st subject?

Answer 31

Mostly quiet (apart from a small section in the middle)

Question 32

What are the dynamics in the 2nd subject?

Answer 32

Starts quiet and becomes louder at the end

Question 33

How do the dynamics change?

Answer 33

Suddenly