MUTH 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Party Music, Woodwind Instrument, Oboe

• School: McGill University
• Department: Music Theory and Analysis
• Course: MUTH 211
• Professor: Nina Penner

Document Summary

Sonata form (aba) (graph) often called dramatic form. Exposition (a): 1st theme tonic key, 2nd theme transition to second key (part of second group, closing theme (part of second group) Development recapitulation (coda) (b): tonal instability, retransition into a. Development recapitulation (coda) *a: 1st theme in tonic key, 2nd theme transition (part of second group, closing theme (part of second group) Sonata form: recapitulation double return: return of the themes, return of the tonic difference from expo, second group is in the tonic key, 2nd theme transition but no modulation, fragmentations, in this case, themes stay minor. 2nd theme: major mode, theme divided between strings and winds (flute, oboe, bassoon) Development: long polyphonic section based on theme i, theme i is then fragmented. Recapitulation: new bassoon solo, second group is now in the minor mode. Coda: repeated cadences bring the movement to a close.