Set Works

Set Works

1. Water Music (suite in D major) Hornpipe & Minuet

   • By G.F Handel
     • 1685 - 1759
   • Hornpipe
     • In the 16th century the Hornpipe was a lively solo dance with three beats in a bar. Handel used this type of Hornpipe in his suites
       • Woodwind
         • Oboes & Bassoons
       • Brass
         • Horns & Trumpets
       • Strings
         • Violins, Cellos, Violas & Double Basses
       • Key : D major
         • Time Sig : 3/2 - three minim beats in a bar
           • Quick and Lively
             • Joyful
               • Form ABA
                 • Homophonic texture
     • Section A (bars 1-39)
       • Section B (bars 40-74)
   • The Classical dance suite of the 18th century is made up of dance movements, all composed in the same key. It is usually performed by the orchestra in a concert setting. Many composers wrote suites in the 18th century
   • Minuet
     • A dance with three beats in a bar. This dance was popular in the 17th century
       • <--- Instruments the same as in Hornpipe
       • Key : D major
         • Time Sig : 3/4 - three crotchet beats in a bar
           • Fairly quick
             • Joyful
               • Form AB - Binary
                 • Homophonic texture

2. Overture to William Tell

   • Giacchino Rossini
     • 1792-1868
   • Brass : Horns Trumpets & Trombones
     • Percussion : Timpani, Triangle, Cymbals & Bass Drum
       • Strings : Violins, Violas, Cellos & Double Basses
         • Woodwind : Piccolo, Flutes, Oboes, Cor Anglais, Clarinets & Bassoons
   • A : Sunrise Over the Alps
     • B : The Storm
       • C : Shepherd on the Mountainside
         • D : Revolution
           • Trumpets & Horns
           • E major
             • 2/4 - two crotchet beats in a bar
               • Fast & Lively - Allegro Vivace
                 • Exciting & Urgent
                   • Homophonic
         • Cor Anglais & Flutes
         • G major
           • 3/8 - three quaver beats in a bar
             • Fairly slow - Andantino
               • Peacful
                 • Homophonic & Polyphonic
       • Strings, Woodwind & Trombones
       • G major
         • 4/4 - four crotchet beats in a bar
           • Fast - Allegro
             • Dramatic & Agitated
               • Homophonic and later, Polyphonic
     • 5 solo cellos
     • E minor modulating to E major
       • 3/4 - three crotchet beats in a bar
         • Fairly slow - Andante
           • Peaceful
             • Homophonic Texture

3. Carmina Burana, First Movement

   • Carl Orff
     • 1895-1982
   • O Fortuna - A cantata
     • A cantata is a musical composition for chorus and orchestra, with or without solo voices
   • Woodwind : Piccolo, Flutes, Oboes, Cor Anglais, Clarinets, Bass Clarinet Bassoons & Double bassoon
     • Brass : Horns, Trumpets, Trombones & aTuba
       • Percussion : Timpani, Glockenspiel, Celesta, Cymbals, Gong, Bass Drum & Two Pianos
         • Strings : Violins, Violas, Cellos & Double Basses
           • S.A.T.B Choir
   • Lah mode
     • 3/1 & 3/2 Time Sig
       • Slow - Introduction Fast - Main Section Speed increases in final verse
         • Exciting & Dramatic
           • Unitary Form - AA1 A2 - This describes a movement in which there is only one musical idea
             • Homophonic - a melody accompanied by chords