Hebrides Overture Flashcards
(25 cards)
Composer and year?
Felix Mendelssohn
1832
What is it inspired by?
His excursion to the Scottish Island of Staffa in the Hebrides in 1829
It is a standalone composition that is called…
Concert overture
what is it written for?
A classically sized orchestra
It is one of the earliest examples of a what?
A symphonic poem
True of false: it is in sonata form.
True
What key is the first subject in and where is it ?
B Minor
Bar 1
What key is the bridge in and where is it ?
B Minor moving towards D major for the second subject
Bar 26
Where is fluidity in the viola part first seen?
Bar 33
What key is the second subject in and where is it?
D major
Bar 47
Where is the codetta?
Bar 70
Is the exposition repeated?
NO
Where is the development?
Bar 97
What are the sea birds at bar 98-104
There are new ideas in the development but how are they related?
through 4ths and 5ths
Fragments of the ….. can be seen in the development
first and second subject
What helps with dominant preparation in the development?
The timps
What is the spray blowing from the top of the wave?
Ascending chromatic scale ending on F Sharp
In the recapitulation, what is slightly altered?
The first subject
What is the second subject played on in the recapitulation that could represent Mendelssohn?
The clarinet
The appearance of the second subject in the recapitulation is accompanied by what?
Very still string writing. This is the stillest moment of the piece
What does the coda do immediately?
Snaps the music out of it’s contemplation (through the high, continuously moving melody)
In the coda there is a new melody but is closely related to the first subject how?
Through 3rds and 4ths
In the coda, what helps to build the tension and excitement that indicates that the end is nigh?
Passagework in the first violin
