Badinerie Flashcards
(27 cards)
What form is Badinerie?
Binary form (AB)
Each section repeated (AABB)
How long is each section?
Section A - 16 bars
Section B - 24 bars
What does “diatonic” mean?
Across the notes of a key.
Badinerie has a mixture of root position and inverted chords.
What is a Neapolitan chord?
A chord built on the flattened supertonic of a key
What are perfect and imperfect cadences?
A perfect cadence is formed by the chords V - I.
Imperfect cadences sound unfinished.
Both sections end with a perfect cadence.
What are the dynamics like in Badinerie?
No markings appear on the score.
Mostly Forte
Terraced dynamics (sudden changes) are included.
What instruments are used?
Transverse Flute
Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
Harpsichord
What does the harpsichord play?
Reads the cello line and plays it with left hand.
Right hand plays improvised chords.
This is a basso continuo
What is the tempo like?
Allegro.
Not marked on the score.
What is the tonality of Section A?
Modulates from B minor (tonic) to A major to F# minor (dominant minor).
What is the tonality of Section B?
Modulates from F# minor (dominant minor) to E minor to D major to G major to D major to B minor (tonic).
What is the texture like?
Homophonic - melody and accompaniment.
Flute and cello provide main melody.
Violin and viola provide harmony with less busy lines.
What do both motifs begin with?
An anacrusis.
What is an anacrusis?
An upbeat/ lead in note.
What do disjunct and conjunct mean?
Conjunct - notes move up or down a semitone or tone.
Disjunct - notes leap upwards or downwards; this movement is greater than a whole tone.
Are the sections disjunct or conjunct?
Motif X - entirely disjunct
Motif Y - combines disjunct and conjunct movements.
Typical compositional devices of the era?
Trills
Appoggioturas
Sequences
What is the metre?
Simple duple time (2/4)
What type of rhythms does Badinerie use?
Ostinato rhythms which form motifs X and Y.
Ostinato - short melodic phrase repeated throughout a composition,
Who composed Badinerie?
Johann Sebastian Bach.
When did the composer live?
1685-1750
Which era is the piece from?
Baroque era.
Which 7 movements is Badinerie a part of?
Orchestral Suite No.2
When was the piece composed?
1738-1739
