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Thursday, May 12, 2005

Chopin Mazurka in B Flizzle Mizzle

Last blog of the year? w00t. Thought I'd make it special, so here's a picture of the letter 'a' made out of the letter 'a':

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AA AA
AA AA
AA AA
AA AA
AA AA
AA AAAAAAAAAAAA
AA AA
AA AA
AA AA
AA AA
AA AA
AA AA
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Now on to the Mazurka. To go straight throught the Burkhart questions:
1. There are two major structural divisions (three sections) that occur:
-m. 24 - Change in dynamics from loud to soft, change in tonality from Bb to F major
also there's a PAC that brings the first section to a close nicely
-m. 44 - Change in dynamics - loud to soft, change in tonalit from Bb to Gb major
again there's a PAC that brings the previous section to a nice close.
There are also two less noticeable phenomena - the time slows down in m. 32 and m. 52,
both times this re-introduces the principle theme.

2. Here's a diagram!:
Section: A B A C A
Measures: 1-24 24-32 33-44 44-52 53-65
Tonality: Bb F Bb Gb Bb
Function: Exp. Dev. Exp. Dev. Exp.

3. Basically, this looks a lot like a 5-part rondo. However, the fact that the B and C sections are more developmental, and don't expose new themes that are a contrast to the old ones, is un-rondo like. However, the changing tonality does make the sections contrast with each other in much the way that sections of a rondo do...

4. I'm not sure what this question is asking, but I'll talk about something. I think the relationship between the parts of this piece is that B and C are just developments of A, which really pervades the piece. These two sections venture into different tonal areas. B is in the dominant and C is in VI.

Thanks to all my faithful readers. By the way, I was Prince German Augmented Sixth. w00t.
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Roberto Iza Valdés said...
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