| Question | Answer |
| What is the context of "Concerto In D Minor"?
(Who-What-Where-How-Why-When) | WHO: Antonio Vivaldi
WHAT: Concerto Grosso
WHERE: Amsterdam
HOW: Four violins, two violas, cello and continuo
WHY: Entertainment purposes
WHEN: 1711 |
| Describe the melody of "Allegro (1st Movement)" [4] | Repeated tonic notes (bar 1 to bar 19)
Arpeggio patterns (bar 1 to bar 19)
Solo cello with descending and ascending sequences (bar 20 to bar 31)
Decorations of scalic ideas in first violin (bar 16) |
| Describe the harmony of "Allegro (1st Movement)" [2] | Repeated tonic notes (bar 1 to bar 19)
Triadic ideas (bar 1 to bar 19) |
| Describe the tonality of "Allegro (1st Movement)" [2] | D minor throughout
Decorations of scalic ideas (bar 16) |
| Describe the rhythm of "Allegro (1st Movement)" [5] | Continuous quavers (bar 1 to bar 19)
Semiquaver runs (bar 20 to bar 31)
Simple triple time throughout
Distance of a crotchet (bar 1 to bar 5)
Distance of a bar (bar 6 to bar 19) |
| Describe the texture of "Allegro (1st Movement)" [2] | Two part violin imitation with tonic pedal note (bar 1 to bar 19)
Polyphonic texture in two parts in the bass (bar 20 to 31) |
| Describe the instrumentation of "Allegro (1st Movement)" [2] | Two part violin imitation with tonic pedal note (bar 1 to bar 19)
Virtuoso cello solo playing ascending and descending sequences (bar 20 to bar 31) |
| Describe the melody of "Adagio e spiccato/ Allegro (2nd Movement)" [5] | Chords as the melody (bar 1 to bar 3)
Fugal character (bar 4 to bar 73)
Bass continuo subject (bar 4 to bar 8)
Answer in violas (bar 8 to bar 12)
Bass countersubject (bar 9) |
| Describe the harmony of "Adagio e spiccato/ Allegro (2nd Movement)" [4] | Seventh chords all in root position (bar 1 to bar 3)
All chords fits circle of fifths (bar 5 to bar 6)
Seventh chords in first inversion (bar 72)
Long dominant pedal (bar 58 to bar 69) |
| Describe the tonality of "Adagio e spiccato/ Allegro (2nd Movement)" [3] | Imperfect cadence (bar 3)
Touches on F/C/Bb (bar 51 to bar 54)
Short tonic pedal (bar 70 to bar 71) |
| Describe the rhythm of "Adagio e spiccato/ Allegro (2nd Movement)" [2] | In common time mostly throughout
Occasional syncopation (bar 7) |
| Describe the texture of "Adagio e spiccato/ Allegro (2nd Movement)" [2] | Homophonic and homorhythmic (bar 1 to bar 3)
Polyphonic and contrapuntal (bar 4 to bar 71) |
| Describe the instrumentation of "Adagio e spiccato/ Allegro (2nd Movement)" [3] | Spiccato meaning to bounce the bow off the strings (bar 1 to bar 3)
Tutti (bar 1 to bar 3)
Ritornello type instrumentation (bar 4 to bar 71) |
| Describe the melody of "Largo e spiccato (3rd Movement)" [2] | Solo violin is conjunct with large leaps (bar 3 to bar 17)
Return of the opening theme but in a different feel (bar 17 to bar 20) |
| Describe the harmony of "Largo e spiccato (3rd Movement)" [5] | Seventh violin leap (bar 4)
Diminished fifth violin leaps (bar 5)
Unexpected chromatic harmonies (bar 6)
Octave leap (bar 11)
Diminished chords (bar 1 to bar 3) |
| Describe the tonality of "Largo e spiccato (3rd Movement)" [3] | F minor change (bar 7, bar 9)
G minor change (bar 5)
D minor mostly throughout |
| Describe the rhythm of "Largo e spiccato (3rd Movement)" [3] | Compound quadruple time
Slow silicano rhythm
Dotted rhythms |
| Describe the texture of "Largo e spiccato (3rd Movement)" [2] | Homophonic texture (bar 3 to bar 17)
Homorhythmic in accompanying instruments (bar 3 to bar 17) |
| Describe the instrumentation of "Largo e spiccato (3rd Movement)" [3] | No continuo (bar 3 to bar 17)
No cello (bar 3 to bar 17)
Spiccato meaning to bounce the bow off the strings |
| Describe the melody of "Allegro (4th Movement)" [3] | Close imitation between two solo violins (anacrusis to bar 3, bar 30 to bar 42)
Virtuosic cello solo (bar 4 to bar 11)
Three soloists (bar 14 to bar 27) |
| Describe the harmony of "Allegro (4th Movement)" [4] | Chains of suspensions (bar 68 to bar 73)
Chromatic descending bassline (bar 68 to bar 73, bar 3 to bar 6)
Circle of fifths (bar 7 to bar 10, bar 23 to bar 27)
Secondary seventh chord (bar 72) |
| Describe the tonality of "Allegro (4th Movement)" [2] | Perfect cadence to create a satisfying resolution (bar 72 to bar 73)
A minor or the dominant key (bar 44) |
| Describe the rhythm of "Allegro (4th Movement)" [3] | Common time throughout
Anacrusis beginning
Semiquaver ideas (bar 7 to bar 19, bar 23 to bar 45, bar 59 to bar 72) |
| Describe the texture of "Allegro (4th Movement)" [2] | Three part texture (bar 14 to bar 19)
Passing imitation (bar 43 to bar 46) |
| Describe the instrumentation of "Allegro (4th Movement)" [2] | Virtuosic playing in all parts throughout
Close imitation between two solo violins (anacrusis to bar 3, bar 30 to bar 42) |
