Defying Gravity? Flashcards
1
Q
When was it written and by who?
A
Stephen Schwarz in 1995
2
Q
What is the structure?
A
Verse/chorus altered by leitmotifs
3
Q
What does it end with?
A
Coda
4
Q
What is in the introduction?
A
Recitative
5
Q
What is the tonality?
A
Db major
6
Q
What does it modulate to?
A
Subdominant key of Gb major
7
Q
What does the harmony use?
A
Suspended and dissonant chords and chords with no thirds
8
Q
What does the time signature start as?
A
Changing between 3/2 and 2/2
9
Q
What is the main time signature?
A
4/4
10
Q
What does the rhythm use (3)?
A
- syncopated rhythms
- triplets
- ostinato
11
Q
What is the texture?
A
- mostly homophonic
- polyphonic at the very end
12
Q
What is the instrumentation?
A
- large pit orchestra
13
Q
How is it influenced by Somewhere Over the Rainbow?
A
- the unlimited motif uses the first seven notes from Somewhere Over the Rainbow
- it is a perfect octave
