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Chopin Revision
PIANO PRELUDE NO. 15 IN D FLAT MAJOR OP. 28
Essay Question- Instruments
•One instrument- the piano
•Sustaining and soft pedals use a lot
•Large range (7 octaves) good for virtuosic sections and cadenzas
Essay Question- Structure
•Ternary Form
•Section A, Section B, return to A, Coda
•Section brings change of mood- minor and like a storm
Essay Question- dynamics
•A sections are quiet
•B section, dynamics are much louder
•Dynamics signal the climax of the piece (ff in bar 56)
•Coda is marked smorzando (“dying away”) to show coming to the end
Essay Question- Texture
•Homophonic texture- melody in right hand accompanied by chords in left hand A (swaps over in
section B)
•Piano pedal used for sustained notes
•Section B- much thicker chords, use of octaves in both hands
•Repeated note throughout (A flats – like raindrops)
Essay Question- Melody
•Melody Section A in right hand, Slow and held back tempo
•Melody in section B is in the left hand (crotchets in the bass part)
much more dramatic.
•Cantabile (in a singing style), legato (smooth) playing
•First three notes are descending- like raindrops
•Ornaments and turns
Essay Question- Harmony/Tonality
•Section A - D flat major
•Section B- C Sharp Minor (the tonic minor)
•Repeated A flat/G sharp quaver- represents raindrops
Chopin- Background
•Chopin was a composer in the Romantic Era (1800-1900)
•Chopin was born in Poland in 1810
•He composed a lot of piano music, a talented but tragic figure
•Died young at the age of 39
•The Raindrop Prelude was written in 1838
Test: Melody
Write 5 comments about melody
Test: Harmony and Tonality
Write 3 comments about harmony and tonality
Test: Texture
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Test: Structure
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Test: Instruments
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Test: Background
What era was Chopin from? And what are the dates for this era?
When was Chopin born?
When was Prelude number 15 (The Raindrop), written?