Studied by 1 person
Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Large Scale Work
Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor
Movement no/ number of movements in work
Movement 7 - Final in Orchestral Suite No.2
Composition date
1738/9
Location of composition
Leipzig, Germany
Form and structure
Binary (AB or AABB)
Key - and key at halfway point
B minor (tonic key) and F# minor at the end of the first section (dominant key)
Instrumentation
Solo flute, strings and basso continuo
Instrumentation (specific)
Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, BC (like harpsichord or cello, maybe a theorbo)
Tempo
Allegro, Constant throughout
Metre
2/4 (simple duple), use of an anacrusis
Rhythm
Predominantly quavers and semiquavers, use of ostinato rhythms
Dynamics
Forte, Use of terraced dynamics - typical baroque feature of sudden changes between forte and piano
Harmony (6 things)
1) Modulations - to dominant and relative major keys and others 2) frequent perfect and imperfect cadences 3) diaonic throughout (within various respective keys) 4) except neapolitan 6th chord in bar 35 (major triad built on the flattened supertonic - so a C major in key of Bm) - only chromatic chord in the whole piece 5) Use of inversions (chords are found in root, position 1st&2nd inversion and some 3rd too 6) Use of a pedal point in BC in bars 33-35 - E is sustained whilst harmony changes
Texture (3)
1) Homophonic with melody in solo flute part 2) BC part has some melodic interest too 3) The Violin 1 part sometimes embellishes the flute’s melody
Motif X
Found throughout piece, mainly in flute part and sometimes is modified e.g. in cello part where the melodic contour and rhythm are slightly changed
Melodic decoration
Use of ornamentation, suspensions
Use of cadences
Use throughout pieces, only perfect and imperfect in the their various respective keys
3₂ - 4₁ (A)
Perfect in Bm
7₂ - 8₁ (A)
Perfect in A
9₂ - 10₁ (A)
Imperfect in F#m
11₂ - 12₁ (A)
Perfect in F#m
15₂ - 16₁ (A)
Perfect in F#m
19₂ - 20₁ (3₂ - 4₁) (B)
Perfect in Em
21₂ - 22₁ (5₂ - 6₁) (B)
Imperfect in D
23₂ - 24₁ (7₂ - 8₁) (B)
Perfect in D
29₂ - 30₁ (13₂ - 14₁) (B)
Imperfect in D
31₂ - 32₁ (15₂ - 16₁) (B)
Perfect in Bm
35₂ - 36₁ (19₂ - 20₁) (B)
Imperfect in Bm
37₂ - 38₁ (21₂ - 22₁) (B)
Perfect in Bm
39₂ - 40₁ (23₂ - 24₁) (B)
Perfect in Bm
Identify key at the start of the extract (A)
Bm
Identify key in bar 4 of the extract (A)
Bm
Identify key in bar 8 of the extract (A)
Identify key in bar 10 of the extract (A)
F#m
Identify the chord outlines by the the second violin’s 1st 4 notes (A)
Bm
Identify 2 instruments that play the basso continuo
Harpsichord and/or cello
Give a bar number where the viola and second violin play in unison (A)
13 (both play the same A)
Give the name of the highest pitch played by the flute (A)
D
Identify the type of inversion used in the second beat of bar 5 (A)
2nd inversion
Identify the type inversion used in the first beat of bar 13 (A)
1st inversion
Identify the location (bar and beat numbers) of a descending B minor arpeggio in flute part (A)
0²- 2^1 / 4² - 6^1 (or 0² - 1² / 4² - 5²)
Identify the keyboard interrumpir playing in the extract (A)
Harpsichord
Give a bar number with chord of E major (A)
Bar 7
Describe role of basso continuo (A)
Provides the bass line and the chords
