Vivaldi

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1
What is the tonic key of the 1st movement?
D major
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Name some key-features of the 1st movement.
Trills \= bird-like
Octave leaps
Dotted rhythms
Repeated notes
Arpeggios
Scales
Parallel octaves
Tonic - dominant harmony
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3
Describe the overall flute line (movement 1)
Playful, descent
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4
What is the overall structure of the 1st movement?
Ritornello - episode
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5
What does the name of this concerto translate to: "Ill Gardellino"
Goldfinch
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6
What is the fancy word for range?
Tessitura
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7
Describe the Baroque flute
Short, wooden, thicker, shorter, no keys/1 key
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8
What is motif A? Write it out (movement 1)
D-E-D-E, dotted rhythm
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9
Where does motif A first appear?(movement 1)
First appears in strings bar 1
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10
What is motif B?(movement 1)
D, D, D, D quavers
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11
Where does motif B first appear?(movement 1)
First appears in strings bar 1, beat 2
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12
Where does Ritornello 1 begin & end?(movement 1)
Bar 1 - 12
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13
Where does episode 1 begin & end?(movement 1)
Bar 13 - 20
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14
Where does ritornello 2 begin & end?(movement 1)
Bar 21 - 26
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15
Where does episode 2 begin & end?(movement 1)
Bar 26 - 47
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16
Where does ritornello 3 begin & end?(movement 1)
Bar 47 - 52
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17
Where does episode 3 begin & end?(movement 1)
Bar 53 - 95
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18
Where does the final ritornello (4) begin & end?(movement 1)
Bar 96 - 100 (end of piece)
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19
Describe the texture of the string line in the opening ritornello. (movement 1)
In parallel octaves
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20
What cadence occurs in bar 4?(movement 1)
Imperfect cadence
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21
Which instrument(s) provide(s) the melodic material in the opening ritornello? (movement 1)
The strings
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22
What cadence occurs bar 12-13? (movement 1)
Perfect cadence
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23
What melodic device is used bar 5 - 8 in the violin parts? (movement 1)
Descending sequence (bar long)
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24
Describe the texture bars 10-13. (movement 1)
Unison
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25
What harmonic device is used bar 5 - 8? (movement 1)
Circle of 5ths
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26
What happens to the flute interval at episode 1 (in the first bar) (movement 1)
It is made bigger
Augmentation
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27
Describe the melodic line bars 10-13. (movement 1)
Descending scales, starting & ending on the dominant
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28
What key is the 1st episode in? (movement 1)
D major
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29
What is the relation between the flute & violin 1 line bar 50 - 53? (movement 1)
Unison
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30
Describe the overall harmony of the 1st episode. (movement 1)
Tonic-dominant harmony
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31
Describe the melody line in the flute of episode 1. (movement 1)
High
Bird-like
Shorter note values
Freely
Variation on motif A
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32
What rhythmic device is used in bar 15 in the flute line? (movement 1)
Rhythmic diminution
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33
What is the relation between the flute/violin 1 line & cello/double bass line bar 51? (movement 1)
Parallel octaves
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34
What key is the piece in at 55? (movement 1)
E minor
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35
What is the interval between the notes in the flute line bar 16? (movement 1)
Perfect 4ths
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36
What chord is used bar 53, beat 3? (movement 1)
Neapolitan 6th
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37
What are the opening 3 bars of the 2nd ritornello the same as?(movement 1)
Bars 1-3 of the 1st ritornello
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38
What harmonic device is used in bar 25?(movement 1)
4-3 suspension
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39
How does the piece provide a satisfying ending? (the final ritornello)(movement 1)
Perfect cadence, with a pause
Descending scales
Loud
Unison
Motif A (opening motif) appears again
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40
Describe the general texture of the episodes? (movement 1)
Lighter texture with spotlight on the soloist
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41
What cadences occur bars 54 - 56? (movement 1)
Perfect cadences
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42
What are the violin lines at the start of episode 2 (i.e. bar 28 - 31) reminiscent of?
What is the interval between the 2 lines? (movement 1)
Motif A
3rds
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43
What key is the piece in bar 54? (movement 1)
D major
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44
Name some of the key features of the flute line in episode 2. (movement 1)
Triadic
Broken chords
Octave leaps
Dotted rhythms
Ascending scale
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45
What role does the viola line play bar 32-33?. (movement 1)
Bass line
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46
What key is the piece in at 56? (movement 1)
F sharp minor
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47
Describe the violin 1 line bar 34-35. (movement 1)
Inverted dominant pedal
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48
When does the piece return to D major? How can we tell? (movement 1)
Bar 91
F sharps
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49
What key is the piece in at 34?(movement 1)
E minor
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50
What key is the piece in at bar 37?(movement 1)
B minor
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51
What melodic divide appears in the flute line bars 59 - 61?(movement 1)
Rising, chromatic sequence
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52
Describe the viola line bars 90 - 92. (movement 1)
Descending scale, with an octave leap at the end of 92
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53
What harmonic device occurs bar 40?(movement 1)
7-6 suspension
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54
What key is the piece in at 62?
What is the relation to the tonic key?(movement 1)
B minor
Relative minor
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55
What is the interval in the flute part bar 40, beat 1?(movement 1)
major 6th
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56
Describe the flute line bars 94-95, and identify some of the key features of the piece that appear here.(movement 1)
Cadence-like
Trill
Octave leaps
Repeated notes
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57
Describe the relationship between the flute & 2nd violin bar 41. (movement 1)
parallel 3rds
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58
What is viola line reminiscent of, at bars 65 - 66? (movement 1)
It is an inverted form of the flute lone
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59
Describe the texture bar 41. (movement 1)
4 part
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60
What key is hinted at bar 88, & why? (movement 1)
D minor
F naturals
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61
Describe the flute line from bar 41. (movement 1)
Descending sequence
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62
Describe the harmonic rhythm from bar 43. (movement 1)
Slower
Changes every 2 bars -212qasccvvv
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63
What key is the piece in at 69?
What relation does this key have to the tonic?(movement 1)
A major
Dominant key
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64
What is the relation between the flute & violin 1 line at the beginning of the 3rd ritornello?(movement 1)
In octaves
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65
Describe the flute & violin 1 line at 69 - 75, & the effect.(movement 1)
Imitative between the 2 lines
Dialogue
Close imitations
Trills
Competition between flute & violin 1
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66
What chords are used in bars 49 & 50 (movement 1)
Chord V
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67
What is the texture bars 70 - 74? (movement 1)
Polarised
Antiphonal exchanges
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68
What is the relation between the 2nd ritornello & the 3rd ritornello? (movement 1)
Same melodic idea, but 3rd ritornello is shorter
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69
What is the relation between the violin 1 & violin 2 line bar 75? (movement 1)
Parallel 3rds
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70
What key is the piece in a 49? (movement 1)
B minor
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71
What harmonic progression is used in bars 79 - 85? (movement 1)
Circle of 5ths
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72
Describe the cello & double bass line bar 69 - 75. What effect does the line have? What does tasto solo mean? (movement 1)
'Tasto solo' - play the note written only (not the chord)
Cello & double bass line play an A for 6 bars - tonic pedal
Feels like time is standing still
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73
Describe the harmony bars 85 - 88. (movement 1)
Tonic - dominant harmony
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74
What chord is used in bar 79? (movement 1)
B major
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75
What role does the viola line play bars 80 - 84? (movement 1)
Provides the bass line (as continuo line is absent)
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76
What chord is used in bar 80? (movement 1)
E minor
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77
What key is the piece in at bar 77? (movement 1)
D major
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78
Describe the harmonic rhythm bars 79 - 85. (movement 1)
1 chord per bar until bar 81
Then 2 chords per bar
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79
What chords are used in bar 85? (movement 1)
D major (tonic)
A major (dominant)
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80
What chords are used in bar 84? (movement 1)
E minor
A major
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81
What chords are used in bar 83? (movement 1)
F sharp minor
B minor
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82
What chords are used in bar 82? (movement 1)
G major
C major
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83
What chords are used in bar 81? (movement 1)
A major
D major
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Movement 2!!!

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85
What key is movement 2 in?
D major
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86
What is the time signature? Compound? Simple? What effect does this time signature have? (movement 2)
12/8
Compound
\= lilting dance, relaxed
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87
Describe the overall harmony in the 2nd movement.
Diatonic
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88
What is the overall structure of the 2nd movement?
Binary form
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89
Describe the overall texture of the 2nd movement.
Only for flute & continuo
Melody & accompaniment
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90
Describe the phrase lengths of the 2nd movement.
Irregular
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91
Name some key features of the melodic line in the 2nd movement
  • Dotted rhythms

  • Upper auxiliary notes

  • Falling octaves

  • Trills

  • Intervals of 5ths

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92
What interval occurs in bar 4 (B-D) (movement 2)
Perfect 5ths
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93
What cadence occurs in bar 3? (movement 2)
Perfect cadence
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94
What occurs in the repeated versions of the melody? (movement 2)
The melody is decorated with even more ornamentation
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95
What chord is used in bar 4? (movement 2)
V (7) b
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96
What rhythmic word could be used to describe the continuo line throughout the 2nd movement?
Syncopated
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97
What key does the first section end in? (movement 2)
A major (dominant)
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98
What key is the piece in by bar 8? (movement 2)
E minor
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99
What key is the piece in by bar 9? (movement 2)
E major
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What key is the piece in by bar 10? (movement 2)
D major
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