Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, 1st Movement.

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, 1st Movement.

1. General information

   • composed 1845
   • early romantics period.
   • Concerto
     • Solo group with Orchestral backing.
     • Violin Concerto.
   • Sonata form
     • 1st sub - exposition
       • Transition
         • 2nd sub
           • Codetta.

2. Instrumentation

   • 2 Flauti (Flutes)
   • 2 Oboi (Oboes)
   • 2 Clarinetti (Clarinets) in A
     • when it plays a C the note is an A
   • 2 Fagotti (Basoons)
   • 2 Corni in E (horns)
   • 2 Trombe in E (Trumpets)
   • Timpani in E-H (Kettle Drums)
   • Violino principle (Solo violin)
     • Virtuso - skilled violinist.
   • Violins
     • Violin I
     • Violin II
   • Viola
   • Violoncello e Contrabasso (Cello and Double Bass)

3. Vocab

   • Allegro molto appassionato
     • Fast, much passionate.
   • • cut common, 2/4
   • rubato
     • freedom of tempo.
       • speed up or slow down, as long as the opposite is done after.

4. points of interest

   • bars 1-4 ostinato arpeggios in the strings.
   • Key
     • E minor
   • beginning- quiet dynamics.
   • Tune is leaps.
   • Bar 1
     • Cello and double bass
       • E and B flat - dominant tonic.

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