Term
What does DIES IRAE mean?
How does Mozart portray the meaning of the words in the music |
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Definition
Day of Judgement
D minor key Signature
Fast Tempo (Allegro Asssai - very fast
Rapid Semiquaver movement
Word Painting
Use of the trumpet fanfare and timpani (suggesting thunder?)
Forte dynamic
Diminished Chords
Neapolitain 6th chords
Full texture |
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| The opening section is mainly tonic or dominant chords but in Bar 3, the chord is a Dominant 6/5 chord. What notes are involved |
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Definition
| A, C sharp, E, G 1st inversion (C Sharp in the bass) |
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| In bar 2, identify the rhythmic technique used in the 2nd violin ,viola and basso continue |
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| Describe how the voices perform at the start of this movement |
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The lyrics at Bar 10 are "Quandus Tremor est futurus (Great trembling there will be)."
How does Mozart portray this in the music |
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Definition
Relentless semiquaver movement in the strings
Dim7th Chord in Bar 12 (Fsharp,A, C Eb) |
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| Name the compositional device heard in the vocal parts in bars 10-18 |
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Definition
Antiphonal (SAB imitated by T with the 3 bar phrase)
Ascending Sequence (Quando b12 is a tone higher than Quantus b10 |
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Term
| What is the purpose of bars 19-21 |
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Definition
| 3 bar orchestral link included diminished chords in parallel movement with brief tonicisation of E minor before returning to A minor at b21 |
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Term
How does Bar 22-29 relate to the opening of the Dies Irae
What are the differences |
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Definition
Similar shaped melody
Homophonic vocal texture
DIFFERENCES
Now A Minor(Dominant)
B28 - B flat in music leads to imperfect cadence in to B29 to A minor (NEAPOLITAIN CHORD ON BAR 28b3 on CUM) |
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Term
| How does Bar 31-40 differ from earlier at B10 |
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Definition
All vocal parts together/No tenor echo
No Brass or timps added until B40
C minor Key
b43 Dim7th chord (64b3 chord)
B34 - sequence is only a semitone higher in soprano |
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Term
| Identify the chord at the start of BAr 37 |
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Definition
| Neapolitain 6th of D minor (Eb/G) on "CUN-cta |
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Term
| Identify the chord structure at bar 38- to 40 |
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Definition
Change every Minim
Bar 38 - Gm/Bb (iv) then F/A (IIIb)
Bar 39 - Eb/G Neapolitain of D min then Dim7th
Bar 40 - Ic (beat 1) then V (beat 2) IMPERFECT CADENCE |
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Term
| What does the term TASTO SOLO mean |
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Definition
| Usually found on the continuo part, to indicate that a note or section should be played on its own, without harmony. |
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| In BAr 40, word painting is used on QUANTUS TREMORE EST FUTURUS. Explain what this is and how this shown |
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Definition
| Portraying the meaning of the word in music e.g. TREMBLING - the bass voice, upper strings and bassoon all move by a repeated semitone pattern |
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Term
| Describe the SAT parts at B42 to 52 |
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Definition
Homphonic
Antiphonal response
2nd response has parts re-voiced but is the same chord |
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Term
| Which chords are used from Bar 53 to 57 |
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Definition
| Dmin and A Minor (Tonic and Dominant/Diatonic harmony) |
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Term
What compositional device is heard between the SA and TB parts and doubling instruments at B57 to 65.
Describe what the violins are doing through this passage |
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Definition
Antiphonal
Playing fierce descending semiquaver arpeggios |
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Term
| Identify the chord found in BAr 63 |
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Definition
| Neapolitain Chord leading to a perfect cadence with 4-3 Suspension |
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| What is unusual about the chord at the start of Bar 65 |
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Definition
| No 3rd of the chord (Similar to the end of the Kyrie) |
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| Bar 65 is based on the music of which earlier bars in this movement? |
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Definition
| Bars19-21 and finishes with a Unison D note |
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