Introduction

Question 1

What key does the introduction begin in?

Answer 1

D minor.

Question 2

In what bar does it modulate, and to what key?

Answer 2

It reaches F major, the relative major, in bar 7.

Question 3

Where are the cadential 6 / 4 progressions?

Answer 3

Bar 6, last four quavers (including rests).
Bar 13, last four quavers (including rests).

Question 4

Identify the location of a Neapolitan sixth.

Answer 4

Bar 15, last crotchet.

Question 5

In what bar does the piece return to D minor?

Answer 5

Bar 14.

Question 6

Analyse the music presented in bar 3.

Answer 6

There is a rising major second, and a descending minor second, the latter of which is subjected to rhythmic diminution.

Question 7

What happens in bar 5?

Answer 7

C7 is established, the dominant of the relative major, of which the piece modulates to in two bars time; the chord prepares the piece for this modulation.

Question 8

What is the purpose of the full tutti in bar 14?

Answer 8

It emphasises the return to the tonal centre, D minor.