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A 3 page research paper that briefly examines four compositions: two by Beethoven and two by Mozart. Musical analysis is offered for one part of each work. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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is a "typical trumpets-and-drums" motif" that requires full orchestration (Kuster "Overture" 477). The effect is majestic and fitting to the seriousness of the operatic material. Apparently Mozart intended this opening
to indicate the serious nature of this work as opposed to his buffa overtures (Kuster "Overture" 477). The construction of this fanfare is tonic, after which Mozart continues with an
alternation between piano and forte, which leads twice to a cadence in the tonic (Kuster "Overture" 480). The second subject is announced--also twice. This theme predominates in the development section,
which is longer than the exposition (Kuster "Overture" 481). This section is melodic and suggests the complexity of the operatic material, which follows. Violin Concerto No. 3 in G
major/K 216/ Mozart The opening theme of the G major Concerto replicates, in miniature, the form of the entire opening tutti: the music begins quite loudly (f), but in the
fifth bar, after a fermata, starts a response to what has been expressed thus far, but does not finish it, as a high C on the violin remains in
isolation (Kuster Mozart 43). Simultaneously, the themes closing cadence (p) is overshadowed by the entry forte introduction of the next element of the ritornello (Kuster Mozart 43). Within the broad
expanse of this opening tutti as a whole, Mozart also introduces a loud closing cadence, which actually enters long before the tutti is over. The remaining third of the tutti
is play p, which does not allow the orchestra as a whole to come to fitting conclusion (Kuster Mozart 43). The result of this construction is that the soloists entry
is a relief. As this suggests, the portion of the concerto is rather like listening to an argument that becomes heated at times, but then quiets into sullen, yet poignant
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