Intermezzo in C Major for Strings and Harp - Harmonic structure

The structure of the piece is very simple. There is an 8-bar ritornello and two main 16-bar periods A and B, of a modulatory nature. It begins and ends with a fragment a, which is the first four bars of A.

(Listen again to the Intermezzo while following the plan.)

General Plan:

Bars

Section

Elements

Key

Time

1-8

Introduction

a

C

0'0

9-16

Ritornello

rit

C®D®G

0'27

17-32

Section A

A1

A2

C®D®A

A®D®G®C

0'51

1'16

33-40

Ritornello

rit

C®D®G

1'40

41-56

Section B

B1

B2

C®Fm®Bb®Ebm

Bb®Fm®C

2'05

2'30

57-72

Section A

A1

A2

C®D®A

A®D®G®C

2'53

3'18

73-80

Ritornello

rit

C®D®G

3'42

81-94

Coda

a

C

4'06

The Elements

(Listen to the raw sequence of chords)

Ritornello

ritornello


Section A

A1

A2


Section B

B1

B2

 


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