Septet in Eb: movement 1 - Beethoven
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- Septet in Eb: movement 1 - Beethoven
- Metre
- Allegro con brio: 2/2
- Adagio: 3/4
- Structure
- Sonata Form: Exposition, Development, Recapitulation
- CODA longer than in classical compositions
- Sonata Form: Exposition, Development, Recapitulation
- Tonality
- 1st subject: Eb major
- Modulations to closely related keys
- 2nd Subject: Bb major (dominant) but Eb in recap
- Functional tonality
- Development = C minor to Ab major then to F minor
- Resources
- Septet: double bass, violin, viola, clarinet in Bb, Horn in Eb
- Horn & bassoon have harmonic counterpoint
- Violin & viola: double stopping (bar1)
- Double bass has textural depth
- Violin & clarinet have main melodic interest
- Rhthym
- Continuous triplet rhythm (bar76-79)
- Syncopation (bar45-46)
- Many themes begin on an anacrusis.
- Background
- Chamber music for 7 players: 1799
- Beethoven: crossover between Classical & Romantic
- Harmony
- Imperfect cadence (bars7-8)
- Root & 1st inversion chords with occasional 2nd inversion
- Functional with clear perfect cadences
- Pedal notes
- Occasional chromatic chords: German augmented 6th (bar7)
- Intro ends with dom 7th chord
- Texture
- Slow intro: tutti homophonic chords
- monophonic violin (bar 2)
- Mostly MDH
- Antiphonal exchanges between clarinet & bassoon
- Pedal notes add textural stability
- Slow intro: tutti homophonic chords
- Melody
- Usually periodic & balanced phrasing
- Mainly diatonic with brief chromaticism
- Chromatic scales sometimes used as lead into a melody (b69)
- Chromatic scale b25-26 of 1st subject
- Ornamentation e.g. appoggiaturas, grace notes, acciaccaturas
- Codetta based on combo of 2 motifs- descending sequence
- 1st subject: rising sequence based on 4note motif from b8 of intro
- 2nd subject b53: based on intervals of 4th (semi-staccato before conjunct movement)
- b61: slurred descending quavers spanning 8ve
- Melodies often repeated (1st subject immediately repeated with fuller instrumentation)
- Metre
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