Topic D: Third movements

Question 1

Stamitz op 3 no 2

Answer 1

• First and second violins play the same throughout.
• The B section of the rounded binary minuet starts with a new idea before the A brings back the opening material: unusual as other composers treated this as a development section.

Question 2

Haydn 47

Answer 2

• Both the minuet and trio has a palindromic structure: the B section is the A section played backwards.
• Trio palindrome is much more subtle.

Question 3

Haydn 94

Answer 3

• Tempo marking suggests it is faster than the traditional minuet.
• More aggressive writing and increased speed point towards faster scherzo movements.

Question 4

Beethoven 3

Answer 4

-Fast and aggressive Scherzo: very long way from the traditional minuet.

Question 5

Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique

Answer 5

The second movement of this symphony is the equivalent of the minuet/scherzo.

• This movement represents a waltz idea with two harps dominating the texture at the start.
• The waltz is combined with the idee fixe idea from the first movement.

Question 6

Tchaikovsky 5

Answer 6

• The minuet idea is replaced with a waltz.

- Orchestra textures are also much more varied

Question 7

Tchaikovsky 6

Answer 7

-Begins like a scherzo but develops into a march like idea, which ends in triumph.

Question 8

Mahler 2

Answer 8

• sinister 3/8 back in the C minor of the first movement.
• Relentless rhythms and distorted melodies lead to a tutti fff chord with thundering timpani and precussion.
• Ends with a whimper and fizzles out with the brass.