The Duchess

Question 1

Tonality

Answer 1

1. Opening : D major, C natural suggests mixolydian mode. EMMA IS MODAL G MAJOR BUT F NATURAL
2. Mistake: g minor, modal cuz no F#, but also diatonic at one point
3. 6 yrs later : morally inflected d minor
4. Never see children: D minor, C natural implies Dorian mode. IS MY TEAM PLOUGHING DORAIN. CHOCOLAT ALSO MODAL

Question 2

Melody

Answer 2

1. Ostinato figure of Fifths like minimalism. CHOCOLAT STARTS WITH 5THS
2. Violin solo = SCHINDLERS LIST, NEVER LET ME GO CELLO SOLO. CHOCOLAT FLUTE SOLO INTRO
3. Auxiliary notes theme C opening CHOCOLAT CLARINET TUNE
4. Arpeggios accompaniment, mistake of lifeb19. EMMA. SHAPE OF WATER HARP. BOAP 1 6 from the end harp
5. Mistake Life= stepwise tune, expanded by transposition of same tune. ET AS WELL. BOAP Penguin motifs

Question 3

Rhythm

Answer 3

1. Augmentation end titles b34 and 38. diminution opening b37. BOAP 1 PENGUIN MOTIF B3 AUGMENTED IN B14
2. Triplets in violin solo. BOAP 2 TRIPLETS
3. Mistake Life= less sense of pulse, tied notes
4. Six yrs= staccato rhythmically lively, 6/8 like waltz, offbeat CHOCOLAT OFFBEAT FROM THE MIDDLE
5. Opening starts with quavers CHOCOLAT HAS QUAVERS

Question 4

Harmony

Answer 4

1. Non functional harmony BELLE
2. Modal - C natural AND F natural in End Titles. BELLE C NATURAL WHEN ITS D MINOR
3. Mistake Life= beginning -dissonant minor 9th creates darker mood . B8 RISE AND FALL. PSYCHO FIRST DOTTED RHYTHM BAR.
4. Never see and mistake life= End unresolved chord. THE CELLAR UNRESOLVED AT END.
5. Never see and mistake life= Pedal note. BOAP 2 B1-8
6. Six yrs= Augmented chords. RISE AND FALL AUGMENTED TRAID B51

Question 5

Instrumentation

Answer 5

1. Harps accompanying quavers CHOCOLAT.
   arpeggios b19 mistake BOAP 1 6 BEFORE END. SHAPE OF WATER. EMMA.
   Chords
2. Violin tune mainly. SCHINDLERS LIST, OBOE SOLO IN WILDE, FLUTE SOLO IN CHOCOLAT. NEVER LET ME GO CELLO SOLO
3. Cello and bass long notes or accompanying arppegios
4. Piano tune in Mistake Life whilst strings chords. CHOCOLAT STRING CHORDS
5. Pizz In 6 yrs. ET CELLO PIZZ . B vs c pizz

Question 6

Texture

Answer 6

1. Melody dominated homophony in all. PSYCHO THEME, BOAP II B27 ONWARDS.
2. Pedal in opening theme B, and low D very start of theme B.
3. Dominant pedal with timpani rhythm in mistake life. BOAP II
4. Thinning out texture end of six years later. EMMA AS WELL.
5. Pedal texture never see children BOAP2 BEGINING

Question 7

Sonority

Answer 7

1. Small orchestra strings woodwind horns harp and timpani
2. Treated in conventional manner, pizz in six years Later. BATMAN PIZZ
3. Violin solo. SCHINDLERS LIST, OBOE SOLO WILDE, CELLO SOLO NEVER LET ME GO.
4. Solo timpani