MUL 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Contrafactum, Rondo, In C
4 Apr 2018
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Music delivers repetition, variation, and contrast all at the same time. Theme remains essentially the same throughout, stays fresh b/c the voices surrounding it are constantly changing. Sustains interest while repeating a melody four times. Typical string quartet consisted of four contrasting movements: Slow movements could assume many different forms: sonata form, theme and variations, and aba. Minute, stylized dance in triple meter, in the tonic key. Finale - final movement, somewhat lighter and usually very fast. Most common forms on finales are sonata form and rondo. Musical appropriation- the use or adaptation of a work to serve something other than its original purpose. Contrafactum- a work setting new words to an established melody. Theme is first presented in a hymn-like fashion. Melody of this movement is made of five phrases. They are followed by a phrase that is not repeated (b) This is followed by two final phrases ( c )
