Sonata for Horn, Trumpet and Trombone (Poulenc)
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- Created on: 14-03-15 18:57
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- Context
- Sonata for Horn, Trumpet and Trombone (Poulenc)
- Structure
- Ternary Form
- Bars 1-25 A: G major (modulating to the dominant and back)
- Bars 26-57 B: Mainly in Bb major (at first slow, but fast from the last quaver of bar 39)
- Bars 57(4)-89 A1: G major (vaired repeat of Section A with a reference to Section B in bars 65-72
- Ternary Form
- Texture
- Unusual balance of the trio- gives detailed instructions and differntiated dynamics
- Mainly consists of melody-dominated homophony- the texture.
- The tune is often in the trumpet part, but the horn takes the lead in bars 30-33 and 40-47.
- Forces
- Brass ensemble is usually written for at least a quartet
- Very few unaccompanied solos provide short breaks for the other two parts
- Melody
- Simple diatonic melodies (opening trumpet theme)
- Classical-like periodic phrasing (bars 1-4 end with a perfect cadence in the tonic and are answered by bars 5-8 which end with a perfect cadence in the dominant
- Rhythm
- Syncopation (bars 13-14)
- Harmonies
- Tonal harmonies (chord I.IV and V in bars 1-4)
- Use of discords that spice-up conventional progressions
- Structure
- Francis Poulenc was a 20th Century composer who had considerable success in a wide range of musical genres
- Written in late 1922 and first performed on 4 January 1923- Later revised in 1945
- Part of a group known as Les Six
- Inspired by the work of Eric Sartie
- Greatly admired stravinsky
- Humour, short-winded phrases that constantly change metre and tempo
- Sonata for Horn, Trumpet and Trombone (Poulenc)
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