music : farrenc

instrumentation

9 instruments - string quartet (violin, viola, cello, double bass),wind quintet(flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon)

structure

written in sonata form
intro bar 5
exposition b6-93 (b10-36 Eb maj, b54-88 Bb maj)
development b94-151
recapitulation (Eb maj 152-177, Second Eb 213-238)
coda b249-286

metre

intro - ¾ adagio, short and slow

main part - 2/2 allegro

texture

mostly homophonic - both chordal (63-67) and melody and accompaniment (first subject b10)

also monophonic oboe cadenza b5

octave unison b37, flute and bassoon 2 octaves

imitation b276-280

contrary motion b281

melody

b10 violin falling arpeggio figure with offbeat trills and grace notes

b14 conjunct rising with chromaticism

conjunct clarinet run b25-26
b37 flute 3 note arpeggic motif

4 crotchet figure at end of bar b38, repeated in falling sequence using chromatic appoggiaturas

transition is basis for imitative section in development

b54 clarinet running quavers, mostly conjunct movement

harmony

mostly triadic chords, some unusual chords like diminished 7th b3

passes through remote key especially in development

predominant use of chords I, IV and V regular I-V and V-I progressions

harmony goes through circle of 5ths b63-6 and b222-223

modulations

b10-36 Eb maj

b54-88 Bb maj

C min b94

Ab maj b108

F min b116

Gb maj b131

rhythm

dotted rhythms starting in strings from bar 1 with double dots

mostly crotchets and quavers

lots of syncopation eg clarinet b50-52

syncopation with accents in unison passage b148-9