texture

Question 1

overview of intro texture

Answer 1

homophony is a large umbrella term as you can have melody dominated homophony, played in unison or octaves or chordal.

Question 2

overview of early classical texture

Answer 2

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Question 3

overview of late classical texture

Answer 3

Mozart 41, contrapuntal finale - polyphonic
haydn 104 uses imitation in bar 133 mvt 1
- unison in slow intro
- monophonic writing in bar 70 mvt 2
- bar 34 4th mvt imitative polyphony
- 118 4th mvt contrapuntal

Question 4

overview of Beethoven texture

Answer 4

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Question 5

overview of early romantic texture

Answer 5

Mendelssohn, Some examples of contrapuntal textures

oThe first appearance of S3 at bar 225 in the first movement is imitative, Stretto at 249

• The texture in the Andante second movement is interesting as it begins in sparse two-part counterpoint (bar 4) before repeating the same idea with added contrapuntal lines (bar 12)