PURCELL: SONATA FOR TRUMPET AND STRINGS IN D MAJOR Z.850 BAR BY BAR 1ST MOVEMENT - ALLEGRO

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  • Created on: 13-10-17 08:59

BARS 1-6

  • BEGINS WITH FLURRY OF SPARKLING NOTES ON TRUMPET
  • CONTOUR MARKED BY LEAPS OF 4THS AND 5THS AND REPEATING NOTES DECORATED BY SEMPIQUAVER UPPER AUXILIARIES
  • FIRST BAR - SEMIQUAVERS OCCUR TWICE - THEN OCCUR AFTER EVERY BEAT IN BAR 2 AND MORE FREQUENTLY IN BAR 3 - CREATES BURGEONING EXCITEMENT
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BARS 1-6: REASONS FOR BRIGHT MOOD

  • MAJOR KEY
  • FAST TEMPO
  • HIGH REGISTER AND TRUMPET TIMBRE
  • DISJUNCT CONTOUR
  • FLAMBOYANT TRILL AT THE CADENCE
  • SIMPLE, DETACHED CHORDS IN THE ACCOMPANIMENT
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BARS 1-6

  • VIOLIN RESPONDS WITH A MELODY - CLEARLY SIMILAR - 4TH LOWER - FUGAL ANSWER
  • REHARMONISATION - KEEPS D MAJOR CHORDS IN BAR 4 - MODULATES TO A MAJOR HALFWAY THROUGH BAR 5
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BARS 7-18

  • MOSAIC OF IDEAS
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BARS 7-18: 7-10

  • ANTIPHONAL PASSAGE BETWEEN TRUMPET AND STRINGS
  • USES FRAGMENTS OF OPENING MELODY
  • RETURNS MUSIC TO D MAJOR
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BAR 7-18: 11-13

  • NEW, SMOOTHER MELODIC MOTIF
  • FALLING CONJUNCT QUAVERS INITIALLY IN TRUMPET AND THEN TAKEN BY STRINGS
  • LEADS THE MUSIC TO CADENCE IN REALTIVE MINOR ON DOWNBEAT OF BAR 14
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BAR 7-18: 14-18

  • MORE IMITATIVE ANITPHONY BETWEEN TRUMPET ANDS TRINGS
  • VERY SKITTISH THREE-NOTE FALLING FIGURE
  • BROADENS INTO A LONG, CLIMACTIC HIGH NOTE
  • HARMOONIC INNOVATION IS HIGHLY EFFECTIVE
  • FEINTS AT A MINOR UNDER LONGA, SO THAT THE CULMINATION OF THE LONG TRUMPET PHRASE COINCIDES WITH THEY RETURN TO A MAJOR
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BARS 19-29

  • A NEW ANTIPHONAL SECTION
  • VIOLINS LEAD
  • MELODIC SHAPE BUILT OF SCAMPERING CONJUNCT SEMIQUAVERS
  • SENSE OF RISING SEQUENCE IN BARS 21-23
  • FINAL BARS FROM 26, MUSIC BROADENS INTO QUAVERS, BASS INTO CROTCHETS IN THE PENULTIMATE BAR
  • STRONG, TRILL-DECORATED FINAL PERFECT CADENCE
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OVERVIEW OF FIRST MOVEMENT

  • NO CLEAR FORMAL STRUCTURE
  • OPENING THEME DOESNT RETURN
  • IDEAS PATCHWORK LIKE
  • IDEAS BALANCED AND EFFECTIVE
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OVERVIEW OF FIRST MOVEMENT: ASPECTS THAT CHANGE EV

  • TONAL CENTRE
  • PREDOMINANT NOTE VALUE
  • DIRECTION AND PROFILE OF MELODIC CONTOUR
  • LENGTH OF MELODIC MOTIF
  • HOMOPHONIC AND ANTIPHONAL TEXTURE
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