GCSE MUSIC

And The Glory Of The Lord A0S1

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It was composed by Mozart in 1788
It is one of only two symphonies in a minor key
It is played by a small orchestra with NO percussion
The only brass instruments are french horns
It is written in sonata form
Exposition->Development->Recapitulation
It starts piano, which is unusual for a classical symphony
The first subject is played in octaves by the first and second violins in Gm
The second subject is played by the woodwind and is in Bb major
The bridge section is forte and uses lots of sfz
All the musical ideas in the development started in the exposition
It begins in f# minor but passes through many different keys
From bar 140 onwards there are pedal points used
The recapitulation is the same (first subject) but the second subject is in Gminor.
The bridge passage is longer and passes through Eb, Fm and D
It is polyphonic and ends with a perfect caedence

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It is a Romantic piece written by Chopin in 1839
It is in ternary form
It starts in Db major but modulates to the relative minor, then back again
It has a 4/4 meter
There is use of rubato in the piano part and a dominant pedal that imitates a raindrop
There are irregular phrase lengths and lots of ornaments
A section is piano but with use of cresc and dims
The B section gets gradually louder until it is ff
The repeated g# in bars 64-7 form an inverted pedal point
The B section passes through G#m and F#min
Bar 75 is where it modulates to the ori d ginal key and A repeats
There is an example of monophonic texture in 81-3
The rest of the piece is melody dominated homophony
The final two bars are pianissimo
It ends with a gentle rituento

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It was written by Schoenberg in 1909
Peripetie means sudden changes
It is an expressionist/serialist piece
It was written for a very large orchestra
There is no conventional structure but it could be described as a free rondo
It is atonal
There is use of a hexachord (6 different semitones) and a compliment (the other 6 semitones)
It is only 66 bars long
It is marked sehr rasch (very fast), heftig (passionate) and ruhiger (calmer)
There is use of klangfarbenmelodie to break up the parts
The dynamics suddenly change for ppp-fff
The texture suddenly changes from thick polpyhony to monophony
The timbre changes suddenly, ie. group of instruments playing the tune change suddenly
The note lengths change suddenly; semibreves to demi-semi-quavers
There are no caedences

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It is a minimalist piece written by Steve Reich in 1987
It has 7 electric guitars and 2 bass guitars as well as a solo guitar part
The other parts where pre-recorded and the solo guitar is the only one who plays live
It is marked crochet = 192 (fast)
It is mainly 3/2 but a few guitars sometimes play in 12/8 while the others play in 3/2
There is no variation in timbre (all guitars)
It is made up of short riffs/ostinatos
Looping is used to build up layers and they are played in a canon
It is a polyphonic texture and canon are used between the solo guitar and the other guitars
The parts fit together harmonically
The tonality changes throughout the piece between Em and C, there are 14 modulations, some only lasting 4 bars
Harmony is static

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It is a solo action song sung by Tony (tenor) in West Side Story
It was written by Leonard Bernstein in 1957
He uses lots of jazz elements like blue notes and syncopation
The lyrics talk about the 'miracle' coming
The song is in 3/4 but sometimes feels like it is in 6/8 due to the quaver accents on the first and fourth quavers
There are a lot of cross rhythms
It is played crochet = 176 (a fast song)
He starts pp, sounds like he is whispering
It is in D major throughout
There are lots of ostinati in parts and a lot of imitation to
The final word 'tonight' is echoed in the song 'tonight' that Tony and Maria sing
There are a lot of accented off beats
The texture is polyphonic in the orchestra but it is an accompaniment to a melody
There is use of tritones (D and G#)
Tritones used to be known as the devil in music

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It was written by Miles Davis in 1959
It is a blues/jaz piece
The solos were played lyrically, based on modes, in the lower register and had a tuneful melody
All instruments played in lower registers
The piece is mainly mf except for a few loud trumpet bits
The time signature is 6/4
There is a very mellow timbre (Ghost noes, rests, mutes)
Simple texture, the wind instruments play in 3rds and 4ths while the piano and double bass play a simple riff and chords. Drum plays a steady beat
Variation of standard 12 bar blues in G(repeated under solo/melody)
It is mainly improvised
There are a few repeated ostinati in the head and in intro and outro
I7 I7 I7 I7 Iv7 Iv7 I7 I7 V7#9 V1b7#9 V7#9, I7 I7
Band is made up of a trumpet, alto saxophone, tenor sax, piano, double bass and drums
It is modal(mixilydian)

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It was written by Moby in 1999
It is made up of gospel choir samples and a hip-hop drum beat
He uses a Roland Drum machine and adds samples together using cubase
The drumbeat has been adjusted to fit the tempo and he uses synth strings and a keyboard
The samples are looped
THEME A - Am Em G D
THEME B - C Am C Am F C F C
Verse Chorus Structure
Delay (echo) and EQ (boosting frequencies) are used
The texture is changing by adding and taking away samples, adding synth countermelodies and adding electronic effects
There is a layered texture that builds up throughout
It is based on two 8 bar themes
It is electronica, 4/4 time signature and a steady meter

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