Trio Sonata- Corelli

Question 0

Context.

When was Corelli’s Trio Sonata published and which period was this in?

Answer 0

1689

Baroque period

Question 1

Context.

Who was Corelli?

Answer 1

An Italian violinist/ composer

Question 2

Context.

What is the function of a figured bass?

Answer 2

It tells the organ player which chords to play

Question 3

Context.

Where would Corelli’s Trio Sonata usually have been played?

Answer 3

In church services

As entertainment in palaces

Question 4

Context.

Which movement is the Trio Sonata taken from?

Answer 4

Last movement

Question 5

Context.

What does idiomatic mean?

Answer 5

It is ideally suited for the instrument

Question 6

Structure

What is a gigue

Answer 6

Fast dance
Compound time
At the end of a suite

Question 7

Structure

What is the structure of the Trio Sonata

Answer 7

A B Binary form

Question 8

Structure

What does monothematic mean?

Answer 8

The themes are not contrasting

The initial ideas and mood are maintained throughout the piece

Question 9

Harmony

How is the structure clarified?

Answer 9

With a diatonic harmony and clear cadences

Question 10

Harmony

Is the harmony functional or nonfunctional?

Answer 10

FUNCTIONAL

Question 11

Harmony

Describe the chords

Answer 11

Mainly root position or first inversion triads

Question 12

Harmony

What is a suspension

Answer 12

A dissonant note resolving by step to a consonant note

Question 13

Tonality

What key does the piece modulate to at b.10-11

Answer 13

A major (dominant key)

Question 14

Tonality

Name the keys in order that the piece passes through

Answer 14

||: D | A :||: A | D | Bm | Em | A | G | D :||

Question 15

Melody and rhythm

What kind of rhythms does the piece have?

Answer 15

Dotted crotchet pulse

Question 16

Melody and rhythm

Describe 3 areas of rhythmic interest

Answer 16

b. 26 - Cross rhythms - 1st violin in 3/4 whilst other parts are in 6/8
b. 27 - hemiola - all 3 parts as if in 3/4
b. 26-27 - syncopation adds to the effect in the 1st violin

Question 17

Melody and rhythm

Describe the melody

Answer 17

Quaver and semi-quaver motifs

Question 18

Texture

Describe the texture in the beginning of the piece

Answer 18

It begins like a fugue
1st violin subject enters
2nd violin real answer at b.3
Subject entry in bass b.6

Question 19

Texture

What happens to the fugal subject at B

Answer 19

It is heard as a free inversion

Question 20

Texture

Describe the entries of the instruments in section B

Answer 20

They all enter a bar apart stretto

Question 21

Texture

What role does the bass take on after bar 23?

Answer 21

A more functional role

Question 22

Texture

Describe the overall texture

Answer 22

Contrapuntal polarised texture

Question 23

Texture

What is polarised texture

Answer 23

When there are instruments placed high above the bass instruments and the gap is filled by a basso continuo