Schubert - Der Doppelganger 0.0 / 5 ? MusicSchubertDer DoppelgangerASEdexcel Created by: Rebecca GallacherCreated on: 01-05-14 11:04 Facts. Slow tempo - slow moving harmony/homophony. Bare 5ths. Minor Key. Stepwise - static melody on F#'s. Repetitive - ostinato. Melismatic on some phrases eg. b54-55, but mostly syllabic. Sehr Langsan - very slow. Lied. Low tessitura - both play in the bass clefs (piano) - low in the range of the instrument. Through composed. pp mostly, fff in the climax (b31) Fragmented vocal line. Inner dominant pedal on F#'s for 40 bars. Beginning and ending of every phrase = F#. 1 of 5 Lied. Art song. Romantic period (dynamics, piano, expression) Expressive piece. Lyrics - German text. Voice and piano (tenor, low tessitura for both.) Close expressive union between music and text (deeper than simple word painting) - Schubert explored particularly deep emotions. 2 of 5 Structure. 3 verses to the poem (bars 5, 25 and 43) Music is through composed. Introduction, 2 brief interludes (b13+14, 23+24) and a postlude. 3 of 5 F#. Singer starts to break free from the F#'s in the second verse but remains in the piano. Bar 31 climax - F# followed by chromaticism into next bar. F# is the dominant. Pedal note on F# for 40 bars. Bar 41, F# disappears - voice reaces G (highest notes - words imply the singer realised he sees his Doppelganger - doom). Chromatic progression from B-D# has F# in every chord (modulation to D# minor). Tonic and dominant return in bars 47-50. 4 of 5 Ending. Last two chords are major - tierce de piccardie. Chromatic lead back to tonic in bar 51 (singers spirit is broken) C major chord is a neopolitan chord - augmented 2nd. Piano postlude plagal cadence tierce de piccardie tonic pedal. 5 of 5
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