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Discuss how Shostakovich uses texture to create drama in the first movement of his 5th symphony.

In the first movement of Shostakovich's 5th symphony, he continously succeeds to create drama through his use of varied and regularly changing texture. In the introduction to the symphony, Shostakovich in...

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What is a tritone and why should it be avoided when writing harmony in the style of Bach?

A tritone is an interval between two notes in a diatonic scale that is exactly half an octave. It's characterised by the interval of a diminished fifth, or augmented fourth. As an example of a tritone, ta...

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What is a Tierce de Picardie?

A Tierce de Picarie ('Picardy Third') is a surprise major chord at the end of a piece. Whilst the piece is predominantly in a minor mode, the final chord (which will always be the tonic in music of this ...

Answered by Harriet W. Music tutor
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Why do we study composers such as Bach, Mozart and Beethoven above others?

GCSE and A-Level papers (and university degrees) tend to focus on composers such as Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven because of the impact they each had on subsequent generations. Each one had a profound impac...

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What is the structural significance of the recapitulation in classical sonata form?

The recapitulation provides the double return of both the tonic key and the primary subject. It is the combination of these two factors that identifies the recapitulation as the concluding section of sona...

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