Harold in Italy

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  • Harold in Italy
    • Pitch/expression/melody
      •  One-bar cells resulting in phrases of various irregular lengths 
      • Narrow range at first, later expands to a 9th
      • Revolves around E
      • Mainly moves in 3rd involves repetition, hint at folk influence
      • As do the ornaments Serenade (bar 32)
      • Opens with a broken chord gigue Phrase lengths irregular
      • Idée fixe  (bar 65)         Characteristic falling 3rds and 6ths  Broken chords  
    • Texture
      • Melody dominated homophony
    • Tonality
      •    C major with occasional modulation ( G maor at bar 89-90 D minor at bar 100) 
    • Structure
      • Ternary form Saltarello  Serenade Salterella  Coda
    • Harmony
      • Functional with cadences   Drone in the salarello to produce folk music effect
      • Secoundary 7ths   Diminished 7ths b41    Chromaticism b44
    • Rhythm
      • The movement opens with /8 salterllo dance rhythms, frequent dotted rhythms and stresses on the 2nd ebat of the bar 
      • The second section is slower 6/8 with some bars appearing in ¾ 
      • Augmentation is used near the end of the extract

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