Approaches to second movements essay - all eras

Question 1

EARLY CLASSICAL - how come instrumentation reduced?

Answer 1

Brass & timps crooked to tonic, 2nd mvts often in dominant

Question 2

EARLY CLASSICAL - tempo of second movements

Answer 2

slow

Question 3

EARLY CLASSICAL - what is an example of a symphony which has reduced instrumentation and a slow tempo?

Answer 3

Haydn no.2

Question 4

EARLY CLASSICAL - Key change in Haydn 2

Answer 4

C maj to G maj

Question 5

EARLY CLASSICAL - Tempo of Haydn 2

Answer 5

Andante

Question 6

EARLY CLASSICAL - instrumentation of Haydn 2

Answer 6

Solely strings

Question 7

EARLY CLASSICAL - what were structures like?

Answer 7

simple

Question 8

EARLY CLASSICAL - structure of CPE BACH in G major

Answer 8

Ternary

Question 9

EARLY CLASSICAL - structure of Stamitz opus 3 no2

Answer 9

Rounded Binary

Question 10

EARLY CLASSICAL - how was the key changed in 4 mvt symphonies?

Answer 10

key went to subdominant

Question 11

EARLY CLASSICAL - Haydn 31 key change (4 MVTS)

Answer 11

D maj to G maj (sub dom)

Question 12

LATE CLASSICAL - true or false, three movement symphonies were becoming more standard

Answer 12

False, 4 movement symphonies became standard

Question 13

LATE CLASSICAL - what key were second movements mainly in?

Answer 13

sub-dominant

Question 14

LATE CLASSICAL - what structure was Mozart 38 and 41 in?

Answer 14

sonata form

Question 15

LATE CLASSICAL - how was the structure and key in Haydn 104 typical of the time?

Answer 15

simple structure tripartite and subdominant key G major

Question 16

LATE CLASSICAL - what is significant about the horn writing in Haydn 104?

Answer 16

independent and crooked to the subdominant key

Question 17

LATE CLASSICAL - where are the sturm and drung features in Haydn 104?

Answer 17

bar 42

Question 18

LATE CLASSICAL - what is significant about the wind writing in Haydn 104?

Answer 18

Bar 131 features a flute cadenza

Question 19

BEETHOVEN - what early symphony followed the same standard

Answer 19

No.3 Eroica

Question 20

BEETHOVEN - tempo of no3

Answer 20

Adagio assai

Question 21

BEETHOVEN - structure of no3

Answer 21

Ternary

Question 22

BEETHOVEN - intended style of no3

Answer 22

Funeral march

Question 23

BEETHOVEN - what style did he introduce to second movements?

Answer 23

fast scherzos

Question 24

BEETHOVEN - which symphony features a scherzo?

Answer 24

no.9

Question 25

BEETHOVEN - which symphony features a scherzo?

Answer 25

no.9

Question 26

BEETHOVEN - which symphony included a tertiary relationship instead of sub dom and which key sig?

Answer 26

no.5 key sig C minor from Ab major

Question 27

BEETHOVEN - what programmatic elements featured in no6

Answer 27

oboe, clarinet and flute imitating bird calls

Question 28

EARLY ROMANTIC - what is Schubert no.3 an example of?

Answer 28

The continuation of standards of the late classical

Question 29

EARLY ROMANTIC - structure, key and instrumentation of Schubert no.3

Answer 29

Ternary, sub dom, reduced brass and percussion

Question 30

EARLY ROMANTIC - style and time sig of Berlioz SF

Answer 30

fast waltz 3/8

Question 31

EARLY ROMANTIC - What key does Mendelssohn's Italian symphony go to?

Answer 31

subdominant minor (d minor)

Question 32

EARLY ROMANTIC - structure of Mendelssohn's Italian

Answer 32

simple binary with a coda at the end providing variation

Question 33

EARLY ROMANTIC - what device does the double bass of Mendelssohn's Italian symphony use throughout?

Answer 33

walking bass line

Question 34

EARLY ROMANTIC - What modal elements does Mendelssohn's Italian use?

Answer 34

Flattened 7th's (C natural)

Question 35

LATE ROMANTIC - Brahm's 2nd mvts were mainly in?

Answer 35

Modified sonata form

Question 36

LATE ROMANTIC -which symphony of Brahm's used sonata form?

Answer 36

no.2

Question 37

LATE ROMANTIC - Which Tchaikovsky symphony included a 5/4 fast waltz

Answer 37

no.6

Question 38

LATE ROMANTIC - Which Dvorak symphony goes to an unrelated major key, and what is the key sig?

Answer 38

no.9, from E minor to Db major

Question 39

LATE ROMANTIC - which symphony begins to use pentatonic elements in it's melody?

Answer 39

Coleridge Taylor's first symphony