Mozart - 1st Movement from Symphony No.40 in G Minor

CONTEXT
1. CLASSICAL PERIOD, 1750-1830, (1788)
2. 1ST MOVEMENT FROM SYMPHONY NO.40
3. A SYMPHONY IS A LARGE SCALE WORK FOR ORCHESTRA IN 3 OR 4 MOVEMENTS
4. STRUCTURES THAT USE SYMMETRY AND BALANCE
TEXTURE
1. MELODY DOMINATED HOMOPHONY
2. MAINLY HOMOPHONIC
3. SOME POLYPHONIC PASSAGES WITH DIFFERENT MELODIES AT THE SAME TIME (COUNTER MELODIES)
4. IMITATION - PARTS COPYING EACH OTHER
TONALITY
1. HOME KEY = G MINOR (TONIC) - STARTS/FINISHES
2. SOME MODULATIONS (CHANGES KEY TO E/B)
HARMONY
1. MAINLY DIATONIC (USES NOTES FROM THE KEY)
2. USES MAINLY PRIMARY CHORDS, I, IV, V-FUNCTIONAL HARMONY
3. CLEAR CADENCES, PERFECT CADENCES THROUGHOUT
4. CHROMATIC HARMONY
MELODY
1. REPETITION AND CONTRAST
2. EXPOSITION: 1ST SUBJECT (TONIC KEY)
3. EXPOSITION: 2ND SUBJECT (MODULATES TO RELATIVE MAJOR - Bb MAJOR)
4. WELL BALANCED PHRASES: PERIODIC PHRASING (FOUR BAR PHRASING) QUESTION AND ANSWER PHRASES
5. MELODIC SEQUENCES
6. SCALIC MELODIES
7. SOME CHROMATIC MELODIES
TEMPO
1. MOLTO ALLEGRO - VERY FAST
RHYTHM AND METRE
1. IN 4/4 TIME
2. 1ST SUBJECT USES SHORTER, CROTCHET AND QUAVER FIGURES
3. 2ND SUBJECT - LONGER NOTES AND A MORE RELAXED FEEL
STRUCTURE
1. SONATA FORM: 3 SECTIONS - EXPOSITION, DEVELOPMENT AND RECAPITULATION
2. EXPOSITION: FIRST SUBJECT, BRIDGE PASSAGE, AND SECOND SUBJECT INTRODUCED (IT THEN REPEATS)
3. DEVELOPMENT: DEVELOPS IDEAS FROM THE EXPOSITION. MODULATES THROUGH VARIOUS KEYS - AVOIDING THE TONIC AND DOMINANT.
4. RECAPITULATION: BALANCES THE OPENING EXPOSITION. RECAPS SUBJECT 1 IN THE TONIC KEY. FOLLOWED BY A BRIDGE SECTION AND THE SECOND SUBJECT IN THE TONIC.
5. CODA
DYNAMICS
1. MAINLY - P (QUIET) AND F (LOUD)
2. SF - SFORTSANDO
3. SOME CRESCENDOS

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Mozart - 1st Movement from Symphony No.40 in G Minor

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