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William Tell Overture Flashcards

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What era is it in

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The classical era

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Who is the composer

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Composer is Rossini

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What Type of work is it

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It is an overture : this is music played before the curtain and goes up

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What is programme music

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It is music that tells a story

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What was the first movement called

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Sunrise in the Alps

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What is the tonality of sunrise in the Alps

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E minor but it modulates to e major In bar 17

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What is the time signature of sunrise in the Alps

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What is the tempo of sunrise in the Alps

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Andante

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What is the texture of sunrise in the Alps

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Mainly homophonic main melody and accompaniments

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What instruments play in sunrise in the Alps

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There are five solo cellos accompanied by cellos and double base there are also Timpani

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How does sunrise in the Alps begin

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It begins with a rising apprego on the cellos the first pause is five bars long

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What accompanies that cellos in sunrise in the Alps

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The remaining cellos and double bass

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What instrument creates a rumble

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The Timpani

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What instruments are in dialogue in sunrise in the Alps

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The two solo cello in bar 24

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How does the section in sunrise in the Alps end

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On a high E on the cello

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It is the name of the second section

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The storm

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What is the tonality and time signature of the storm

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The tonality is G major
time signature is4
4

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It is the tempo and texture of the storm

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The tempo is Allegro which means fast

The texture is homophonic and polyphonic

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What are the main instruments in the storm

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There are strings which resemble the wind the woodwind which resemble the rain and the trombone and bass which resemble the storm

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What is the difference between sunrise in the Alps and the storm

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There is a change in the mood and the tempo

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What instrument suggests wind and what instruments suggest rain

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The wind is the violins and the rain is the woodwind

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What instrument suggests Thunder

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The Timpani

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What instruments are playing descending chromatic scale in the storm

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Strings and woodwind

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What instrument replies in ascending scales in the storm

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Trombones

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What is tremolo

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It is rapid movement of the bow back and forth on a violin

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In the storm and how does the peice end

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It calms down and ends

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What is the tonality time signature and tempo of Shepherd on the mountainside

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The tonality is G major the time signature is 3/8 the tempo is andantino

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What is the texture of Shepherd on the mountainside

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Homophonic and polyphonic

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What are the instruments in Shepherd on the mountainside

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The flute the cor Anglais and the triangle

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What is the main melody in Shepherd on the mountainside played by

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The cor anglais

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What echoes the cor Anglais an octave higher

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The flute

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What is the piece accompanied by

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Pizzicato on the strings

32
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What does every line end on

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A trill

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How does Shepherd on the mountainside end

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It ends on a long trillon the flute with a quaver semiquaver on corAnglais.

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What is the tonality of the revolution

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E major

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What is the time signature tempo and texture of the revolution

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The time signature is 2/4 the tempo is vivace and the texture is homophonic

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What are the instruments in the revolution

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It has trumpets for fanfare ,strings horns, clarinet, bassoon and timpani for the main Gallop the end has a lot of percussion

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How does the revolution begin

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It begins with the trumpet horns and Timpani

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What is the Gallop theme

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Semiquaver movement ascending And decsending

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What are the dynamics for the revolution

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They vary from PP to FF

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How does the revolution end

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The music Rushes to the end and the last four bars repeated tonic e chords to end the section

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