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1
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(opening) What is the metre?

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simple quadruple time

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(opening) what is the tempo?

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116 crotchet bpm

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(opening) Name four characteristics of the rhythm

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continuous quavers
syncopation
long note values
occasional triplets

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(opening) What key is the melody in?

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D major with mixolydian inflections

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(opening) Give three characteristics of the melody

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Auxiliary notes
Stepwise movement interrupted with leaps
Appoggiaturas

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(opening) What type of harmony is used?

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Functional

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(opening) What is the que built on?

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Alternating chords

Dmajor and modal Am

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(opening) Is there any modulation?

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no

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(opening) describe the structure

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3 separate themes

no development

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(opening) what is the texture?

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mel-dom-hom

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(opening) what other two things add to the texture?

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pedals

quaver rhythmic ostinato

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(opening) Describe the entrances of the instruments

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layered

gradually built up

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(mistake) What is the tempo?

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69 crotchet bpm (slow)

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(mistake) How is the introduction characterised?

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Long sustained dominant pedal and ominous timpani patterns

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(mistake) What type of accompaniment is there?

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quaver accompaniment

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(mistake) What do the melodies rise to?

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from tonic to dominant

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(mistake) What is an auxiliary note?

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note between notes

tone above or below it

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(mistake) name 4 harmonic features

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ascending and descending sequences
unstable tonic chord to end
functional
open 5th chords

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(mistake) what is the key?

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Gm

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20
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(mistake) how is the key reinforced?

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dominant pedal

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21
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(mistake) what is the brief modulation?

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Am

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22
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(mistake) what is the structure built on?

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2 alternating themes

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(mistake) what is the overall structure?

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Intro
Theme 1
Theme 2
Theme 1
Theme 2
Theme 1
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(mistake) What is the texture?

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Mostly mel-dom-hom

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(mistake) which instruments provides the continuous quavers?
cello and harp
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(six years) what does the first section sound like?
A brisk waltz
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(six years) what is the metre?
Compound duple - 6/8
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(six years) what is the tempo?
60 cbpm
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(six years) how does the tempo and metre change in section 2?
Slightly faster tempo of 120cbpm One 2/4 bar A ritardando
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(six years) what is the main melodic element of the waltz?
Balance of rising and falling broken chords
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(six years) what are the 2 main chords?
D major and Am
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(six years) what is the key throughout
D maj
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(six years) how does Portman create variation?
Augmented triad on D
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(six years) what is the texture?
Mel-dom-hom that reduces to a single note and pedal at the coda
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(six years) what is the overall structure?
``` Intro Waltz theme Repeat it waltz theme Link bar Theme A, B and C from Duchess opening Coda ```
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(never see) what is the tempo?
66cbpm
37
(never see) what is the metre?
3/4 (triple time)
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(never see) What creates a dragging effect?
Repeated slurred quavers
39
(never see) where is the timpani rhythm from?
Mistake of your life
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(never see) describe the melody
drawn out step wise tune
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(never see) what is the harmony?
dissonant
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(never see) what pedal is present?
Tonic pedal
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(never see) what is the key?
Non-functional Dm
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(never see) what is the texture?
Mel-dom-hom
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(never see) what is the instrumentation?
strings timpani horn
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(never see) what is the overall structure?
section 1 link section 2 diminished chord
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(end titles) what is the tempo?
120 cbpm
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(end titles) what is the metre?
4/4
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(end titles) name 3 variations/extensions of the melody from the intro
extensive motif treatment Introduction of F natural Theme c extended
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(end titles) what 5 chords are used?
``` D Am F G Em ```
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(end titles) what is the key?
Modal D major
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(end titles) describe the harmonic pace
slow
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(end titles) what is the texture?
mel-dom-hom
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(end titles) what is the overall structure?
``` Theme A Theme B Theme C (motif) Theme C Theme C motif ```
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Comparisons
``` Interstella Batman Lament for Gandolf Romeo and Juliet, Balcony scene Romeo and Juliet, love theme The dying swan Me before you Pride and Prejudice ```
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Interstella
``` Hans Zimmerman Loneliness/isolation - atmospherc restrictive feel atmospheric slow rising figures repeated ideas low held notes sustained notes tonal shifts auxiliary figure repetitive layering motifs ```
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Rome and Juliet, Love Theme
``` Nino Rota sustained chords triadic high violin solo auxiliary notes elegant repetitions in octaves fragmented them imitated in oboe then tutti ```
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The dying swan
``` Tchaichovsky melancholy minor arco ostinato rippling ostinato in piano elegant violin mel-dom-hom conjunct diatonic slow moving ends with just piano final chord = spread chord ```
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Pride and prejudice
``` Avoids pastiche light and hopeful quaver movement scalic violin solo ostinato semiquavers themes opens just piano violins enter layering fuller orchestra - brass ```
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Rachel Portman context
b. 1960 Mostly adaptions of literary classics e.g. Emma, Chocolat and The Cider House Rules musical: little house on the Prairie Opera: 'The little prince' and a choral symphony for the BBC proms composers at piano and orchestrates her own music
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Portman style
lush, string based orchestration. instruments and synthesised sounds
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Duchess context
2008 18th-c. costume drama based on Amanda Foreman's biography of Georgina Cavendish (1757-1806), Duchess on Devonshire. It's a chronicle of the life of an aristocrat, focusing on her loveless marriage, her friendship with Betty Bess Foster and her affair with politician Charles Grey
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Duchess music
score is not a slavish pastiche of the music of that period References are made to the styles of the time, but Portman's music is a 21st C. adaption of those styles combined with familiar music underscoring

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