MUSI 3480 Lecture Notes - Piano Sonata, Pizzicato, Scherzo
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String quartet op. 131 in c-sharp minor, everything seems so different and unrelated however there does seem to be an unusual unity: turned into a string symphony by mahler. 1st movement is a fugue: lyrical subject, answer is on the subdominant, allows it to move to d. lament. 2nd movement: sonata-rondo form, strong contrast to 1st movement. 3rd movement: recitative, transition goes from b minor to a major, unsettled. 4th movement: aria theme and variation, a major, pizzicato important because later it becomes joke-like. The pizzicato in this movement is very serene, each variation is different, rebuilding theme every time. 5th movement: scherzo, sublime to the ridiculous, scherzo<>trio(folk-like), lightness and characters. 6th movement: very serious, transitional, g-sharp minor, back to the lament. 7th movement: reference to the opening motive, sonata-rondo form, Symphony: beethoven as a model composer for symphony: symphony as a monumental artwork (piano sonata and string quartet as well)
