IntroductionG minor1 - 1

Syncopated horns1 - 2

G minor block chords on divided 'Cellos establish a foreboding beat

1 - 3

Cut Common time =2/2 - 2 minim beats per bar.

(Like a march)1 - 4

Sextuplet - 6 notes in the time of 41 - 5

Dynamics begin v soft and build to ff

2 - 1

Exposition3 - 1

Descending Theme3 - 2 Monophonic3 - 3

Polyphonic3 - 4

Bassoon countermelody2 bar motif played x3 in

rising sequence3 - 5

In octaves3 - 6

From intro!3 - 7

Descending themeG melodic minor scale descendingRange 2 Octaves, 2 bar rhythm x3

3 - 8

Melody higher on Violins3 - 9

Violas take over - too low for violins3 - 10

Repeated but ends in G minor

4 - 1

Melody back on 'Cello & Double Bass Extended this timePlayed pizz.

5 - 1

Busy countermelody on Bassoons5 - 2

Other strings playing inverted version - Ascending5 - 3

Octaves in Tuba6 - 1

Rising scale6 - 2

Tonic (Bb)6 - 3

March Theme Bb Major

6 - 4

March Theme Dotted RhythmSyncopation

6 - 5

Ends on F chord (dominant)8 - 1

March Theme repeated8 - 2

String scale added8 - 3

Ends on Bb this time9 - 1

Development 218 - 1

Repeated crotchets with grace notes19 - 1

Repeated sextuplet motif19 - 2

Diminution19 - 3

Diminution: shortening the note values. Here the descending theme is played using shorter rhythms. (Opposite= Augmentation)

Compositional technique19 - 4

Rising chromatic scale20 - 1Rising sequence

20 - 2

Descending Theme in G

minor20 - 3

Tremolos20 - 4

Enharmonics: C#= Db21 - 1

Perfect cadence

22 - 1

23 - 1

Repeated 3 note dotted motif23 - 2

V - i23 - 3

V - i24 - 1

Descending Scale25 - 1

Antiphonal Texture26 - 1

Db - G minor = tritoneSign of evil in music

26 - 2

D maj27 - 1

Descending scale in triplets

27 - 2

Examples of programme music in Movt. 4

2 beats in a bar like a march

Ide fixe (represents his love) is played solo to reflect the artist feels alone before being executed and his last thoughts are of

her.The ide fixe is cut short by the g minor (guillotine) block

chord to represent the execution.

G major chords and timpani rolls represent the blood thirsty crowd cheering as the head rolls into the basket

30 - 1

Notes1 - 1 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Nov 05, 2013 15:06

Introduction G minor

1 - 2 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Nov 05, 2013 15:09 Syncopated horns

1 - 3 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Nov 06, 2013 13:58 G minor block chords on divided 'Cellos establish a foreboding beat

1 - 4 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Nov 06, 2013 14:06 Cut Common time =2/2 - 2 minim beats per bar. (Like a march)

1 - 5 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Nov 06, 2013 14:15 Sextuplet - 6 notes in the time of 4

2 - 1 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Nov 06, 2013 14:17 Dynamics begin v soft and build to ff

3 - 1 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Nov 06, 2013 14:19 Exposition

3 - 2 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Nov 06, 2013 14:21 Descending Theme

3 - 3 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Nov 06, 2013 14:30 Monophonic

3 - 4 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Nov 06, 2013 14:30 Polyphonic

3 - 5 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Nov 06, 2013 14:30 Bassoon countermelody 2 bar motif played x3 in rising sequence

3 - 6 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Nov 06, 2013 14:38 In octaves

3 - 7 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Nov 06, 2013 14:40 From intro!

3 - 8 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Nov 06, 2013 14:28 Descending theme G melodic minor scale descending Range 2 Octaves, 2 bar rhythm x3

3 - 9 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 13, 2013 09:25 Melody higher on Violins

3 - 10 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 13, 2013 09:31 Violas take over - too low for violins

4 - 1 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 13, 2013 09:33 Repeated but ends in G minor

5 - 1 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 13, 2013 09:38 Melody back on 'Cello & Double BassExtended this timePlayed pizz.

5 - 2 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 13, 2013 09:39 Busy countermelody on Bassoons

Notes5 - 3 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 13, 2013 09:44

Other strings playing inverted version - Ascending

6 - 1 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 11, 2013 14:08 Octaves in Tuba

6 - 2 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 11, 2013 14:09 Rising scale

6 - 3 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 11, 2013 14:11 Tonic (Bb)

6 - 4 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 11, 2013 14:14 March Theme Bb Major

6 - 5 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 11, 2013 14:16 March ThemeDotted RhythmSyncopation

8 - 1 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 11, 2013 14:31 Ends on F chord (dominant)

8 - 2 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 11, 2013 14:33 March Theme repeated

8 - 3 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 11, 2013 14:34 String scale added

9 - 1 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 11, 2013 14:36 Ends on Bb this time

18 - 1 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 17, 2013 14:48 Development 2

19 - 1 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 17, 2013 14:50 Repeated crotchets with grace notes

19 - 2 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 17, 2013 14:52 Repeated sextuplet motif

19 - 3 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 17, 2013 14:53 Diminution

19 - 4 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 17, 2013 14:54 Diminution: shortening the note values. Here the descending theme is played using shorter rhythms. (Opposite= Augmentation) Compositional technique

20 - 1 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 17, 2013 14:58 Rising chromatic scale

20 - 2 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 17, 2013 14:59 Rising sequence

20 - 3 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 17, 2013 15:02 Descending Theme in G minor

Notes20 - 4 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 17, 2013 15:04

Tremolos

21 - 1 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 18, 2013 14:03 Enharmonics: C#= Db

22 - 1 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 18, 2013 14:11 Perfect cadence

23 - 1 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 18, 2013 14:10 Coda

23 - 2 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 18, 2013 14:13 Repeated 3 note dotted motif

23 - 3 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 18, 2013 14:14 V - i

24 - 1 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 18, 2013 14:15 V - i

25 - 1 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 18, 2013 14:16 Descending Scale

26 - 1 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 18, 2013 14:19 Antiphonal Texture

26 - 2 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 18, 2013 14:25 Db - G minor = tritone Sign of evil in music

27 - 1 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 18, 2013 14:29 D maj

27 - 2 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 18, 2013 14:30 Descending scale in triplets

30 - 1 Aisling Mc Guire's iPad Dec 18, 2013 14:36 Examples of programme music in Movt. 4 2 beats in a bar like a march Ide fixe (represents his love) is played solo to reflect the artist feels alone before being executed and his last thoughts are of her. The ide fixe is cut short by the g minor (guillotine) block chord to represent the execution. G major chords and timpani rolls represent the blood thirsty crowd cheering as the head rolls into the basket