Vivaldi

Question 1

How many parts is the first movement

Answer 1

4 ritornellos
3 episodes
7 total

Question 2

How many parts are there in the second movement

Answer 2

5 x Adagio
4 x presto
9 total

Question 3

How many parts are there in the third movement

Answer 3

6 x tutti
5 x solo
11 total

Question 4

Tempo at start of first movement

Answer 4

Allegro non molto => allegro

Question 5

Episode and interval for cuckoo

Answer 5

Episode 1 (movement one) minor 3rd

Question 6

What is a neopoliton 6th and where is it

Answer 6

1st inversion of chord, flattened 2nd degree of the scale

Movement 1 episode 1

Question 7

Interval for goldfinch + turtle dove and where

Answer 7

Perfect 4th interval

Episode 2 movement 1

Question 8

North wind indicator

Answer 8

Scales moving in different directions

Question 9

Zephyrs indicator

Answer 9

Dotted rhythm + interruption in thirds. Terraced dynamics

Question 10

‘Shepherd boy cries as he is afraid of the storm’ indicator

Answer 10

Tritones (aug 4th) including unstable chords (aug 6th + dim 7th)
Descending scales including an Aug 2nd
Chromatic passage

Question 11

Overlapping cadences

Answer 11

Perfect, over the ends of episode 1, ritornello 3 and episode 3

Question 12

How do the ritornellos change?

Answer 12

Get shorter, ritornello 4 is a different melody

Question 13

Original key of movement one

Answer 13

G minor

Question 14

When and what into does movement 1 modulate

Answer 14

Part way through episode 2, modulates into D minor

Modulates briefly to C minor during chromatic passage of episode 3, but settles back in G minor to finish

Question 15

Flies + bluebottles indicator

Answer 15

Dotted rhythms

Question 16

Weary shepherd indicator

Answer 16

Long, sustained notes + quiet melody

Extends each time it is repeated

Question 17

Thunderclaps indicator

Answer 17

Whole orchestra interruptions, 8ve G monophonic

Question 18

Initial key of movement 2

Answer 18

G minor

Question 19

Modulations throughout movement 2

Answer 19

B flat major in 2nd adagio

C minor then D major in 3rd adagio, then perfect cadence into presto, returns to g minor

Question 20

What motifs from movement 1 reappear in movement 3?

Answer 20

4 bar motif from bar 94 is back
Bariolage
Inverted scales in 3rds and 6ths
Dominant pedal
Unison at end of tutti one

Question 21

Bariolage definition

Answer 21

Big interval => static notes (in basso continuo usually)

Question 22

Ties with sonnet throughout movement 3

Answer 22

Storm has broken! Sky thunders + flashes, hailstones

Question 23

Initial key of third movement

Answer 23

G minor

Question 24

Modulations throughout movement 3 and when

Answer 24

Tutti one ends in D minor but modulates each bar
Solo 1 includes a major chord
Tutti 2 is circle of 5ths, then modulates to c minor
Solo 3 is g minor, the rest stays in G

Question 25

Tasto solo definition

Answer 25

Playing without harmony + without figured bass

Question 26

Circle of 5ths

Answer 26

D min -> G min -> C maj -> F maj -> B flat maj -> E flat maj -> A flat maj