I YR MUSIC TAKE TWO This quiz is my latest quiz and is all about Mozart and his piece Symphony No.40 in g Minor (first movement). After realising how popular my last quiz was :L:L:L I made this one too.... Barbara published on May 13, 2012 Stacked 1/8 What are the dynamics like? Hint: 1 choice constant throughout parts gradually fade out Ex – 1st Subject – quiet, transition – loud, 2nd – quiet -> loud, CV – stars & ends quietly, middle loud, Rc – same as Ex lots of crescendos + diminuendos no sudden contrasts + wide range 2/8 What is the structure and tonality of the piece like? Hint: 1 choice Ternary form (ABA) A – D♭ major, B – C♯ minor A – D♭ major Exposition, Development, Recapitulation Ex – 1st Subject – Gminor, 2nd – B♭ major, Dv – starts F♯ minor, Rc – 1st, 2nd & 3rd - Gminor three layers – 1. syncopated quaver motif, 2. new syncopated quaver motif, 3. sustained motif 3/8 What is the texture of Mozarts piece? Hint: 1 choice contrapuntal polyphonic homophonic 4/8 What are the key features of the classical period? 1750 - 1825 Simple homophonic textures Crescendos and diminuendos 1825 - 1900 Music is more expressive and emotional Music tells stories 1600 - 1700 simple, diatonic harmonies ornamented 5/8 What instruments are used? Hint: 1 choice strings, bass and violins chamber orchestra – strings, woodwind + horns an orchestra of up to 90 players 6/8 What is the melody of Mozart's piece? Hint: 1 choice one bar motif repeated – forms an ostinato canon lyrical melody in the right hand decorated with ornaments dotted rhythms + chromaticism balanced 4 or 8 bar phrases + scalic Question and answer 7/8 What is the harmony of the piece? Hint: 1 choice chromatic chords + pedal notes circle of 5ths progression in D♭ major + dominant pedal diatonic harmony + chromaticism G major end = E♭ major hexatonic scales 8/8 What about the rhtym metre and tempo? :D :D :D Hint: 1 choice 4/4 timepiece in legato repeated quavers throughout melody begins with dotted rhythm metre 4/4 throughout Molto- allegro – very fast repeated short rhythmic ideas dotted rhythms + syncopation 3/2 frequent syncopation metrical displacement
