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39 Cards in this Set
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When was it composed? |
1781 |
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Where would it have been played and who by? |
private or semi-private performance by 4 accomplished players |
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What sets this movement apart from other music at this time? (such as the baroque trio sonata) |
It does'nt have a hapsichord |
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What is the instrumentation? |
2 violins Viola Cello |
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Why is it called "The Joke"? |
-Silences, twists and false starts make it difficult for the audience to know when to clap? -Put off amateur "beat driven" players who he hated? -OR Haydn's affair with a young mezzo soprano is the reason for the optimism??? |
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What is the relationship between 1st and 2nd violin in terms of pitch? |
1st plays higher |
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What never occurs between instruments? |
Doubling |
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what string-playing techniques are used? |
Arco throughout (bow) NO pizzicato Frequent staccato - playful effect Double stopping used in 2 passages -> adagio to give it more weight and mock solemnity |
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What word is given to describe the use of themes in the music? |
Monothematicism -> contrasts are not very strong |
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What is the phrasing like (with example)? |
Periodic phrasing opening 8 bars 2+2+4 classical phrase structure |
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What king of patterns are used in the melody (with example)? |
Scale and arpeggio patterns B17-21 shows alternation between them |
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What is used in B9-12? CLUE: is a compositional technique interspersing the primary diatonic pitches and chords with other pitches of the chromatic scale. |
Chromaticism within a mainly diatonic melody |
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What technique is used in the melody to liven up quite boring bits (with example)? |
Melodic dissonance B18-20 boring arpeggio - strong beat A natural added in. |
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Passing notes are used frequently. Give an example of a... -Diatonic, unaccented -Chromatic, accented |
Diatonic, unaccented = B3 D Chromatic, accented = B13 B natural |
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What is an auxiliary note (with example)? |
A nonchord tone that passes stepwise from a chord tone directly above or below it.
B4 chromatic lower auxiliary note |
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What is an Echappee (with example)? |
The ornamental note will go the opposite way of the progression, followed by the proper note in the progression. B3 G |
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Describe the ornamentation in this piece. |
Limited (unlike baroque - typical of classical) Acciaccaturas used a lot eg. B7 |
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Describe the texture. |
Melody dominated homophony (violin1 = melody) |
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How do the instruments work together? |
-Each part is independent -Apart from violins parrellel 3rds, 6ths and 10ths (in the refrain from B9) -Occasional homorythmic movement (2 pause chords B139-140) -In the second episode other instruments take up violin 1 melody |
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What is the structure of the piece? What is the internal structure of the A section? |
Rondo form Rounded binary form (repeat marks show this B0-36) |
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Show, with letters, the structure. |
A B A C A1 |
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What is the refrain? |
The A section (like a chorus - repeated) |
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What kind of harmony is used? |
Functional harmony |
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Which kind of chord is used most frequently? |
Tonic and dominant eg. opening phrase I-V-I |
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What kind of cadence is used frequently? |
Perfect |
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What harmonic devise's are used? |
-Pedal - used a lot -Harmonic sequences B59-61 -Chromatic harmony B69 dim triad - not much -Suspensions B14 the B flat - not much |
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How is harmony used for humorous effect? |
-B28 Dom 7th chord left hanging before return of theme -Extended dom pedals - chords Ic and V often placed above it but a key-affirming cadence isn't reached. sf markings used to exaggerate this. - Dom 9th chord at Adagio beginning to mock the traditional dramatic idea of the section. |
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What kind of tonality is used? |
Functional tonality perfect cadences, tonic/dominant pedals |
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Outline the changes in key |
Each A section is firmly based on the tonic key of E flat major. Elewhere only modulates to closely related keys. But NEVER C minor!! (too sad) He goes to Ab maj, F minor, B flat maj |
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What is unusual about the piece in terms of metre and rhythm? |
Changes the time sig in the adagio to a slow duple time for 4 bars. |
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What is the time sig? |
compound duple metre |
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What rhythm is common in the violin 1? |
Streams of endless quavers B54-67 |
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Which rhythmic technique is apparent? |
Rhythmic diminution B22-23 |
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What links the adagio in with the rest of the piece? |
Anacrusis |
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What kind of rhythm is in the adagio? |
Scotch snap - on beat demisemiquavers |
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Where is the main general pause and what effect does it have? |
B166 Fragments the music Creates when to clap joke |
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What are the dynamics in the episodes like? |
Forte Sforzando emphasises strong beats |
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What dynamic does each phrase of the adagio start as? |
f |
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What dynamic does the music end on? |
Subtle pp |