MUSIC 1AA3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Niels Gade, Leitmotif, David First
28 Aug 2016
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Felix mendelssohn: violin concerto in e minor, op. Concert is played without any breaks, all musical passages are linked. Unique structure of first movement, begins with an exposition for violin and orchestra as opposed to the orchestra entering first on its own, solo before tutti as opposed to vice versa. Treatment of first-movement cadenza, placed prior to recapitulation as opposed to after: placed right after development instead of before the final close of first movement. Music has a prancing gait, an irregular jerking which contrasts with the piece"s symmetric and regular ababa form. Jerky flip" at the beginning of each phrase. Composed of two sections a and b that alternate throughout with ritardandos in between. Part of the league of david with florestan, a band of musicians dedicated to defeating those. Schumann categorizes as musical philistines (other two categories: classicists, romanticists) Represented two sides of schumann"s character with florestan.
