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WorksheetsMendelssohn Development section quiz Symphony no. 4
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
The thematic material of the first development section is built out of which subject from bar 210
S1
S2a
S2b
S3
How do we label the distinctive quaver pattern played by the strings from 210?
Figure x
Figure y
Figure z
sequence
Name the subject
S3
S2b
S2a
S1
Name the subject
S3
S2b
S2a
S1
What key does the music move through at bar 217?
E major
B major
E minor
A minor
What key does the music move through at bar 220?
D minor
D major
A minor
E major
how has the quaver passage (figure y) in bars 210 - 212 treated?
Descending
Ascending
Descending sequence
Antiphonal exchange
Identify the melody from 225
S1
S2a
S2b
S3
What key have we gone to at bar 229?
A minor
A major
E major
E minor
There is a cadence between bars 231 and 232
(a)
How would you describe the texture at bars 232 to 236?
Stretto
Call and response
Fugato
Antiphonal
Name the extended dominant chord at bar 242
Db9/7/#3
Db7/#3
D7/b9/b3
D#9/7/b3
In what key does this section conclude in at bar 248?
E minor
E major
A major
A minor
Describe the texture at bars 248 -252
Imitative
Dialogue
antiphonal exchange
reduced texture
Name the harmonic device from bars 257 - 264
Suspension
Tierce de picadie
Dominant pedal
Circle of 5ths
What melodic idea is revisited at bar 268 (last beat)
S1
S2a
S2b
S3
Name the key at bar 269
B minor
B major
F# major
E minor
Who answers the strings' reprise of S1 at bar 269?
Brass and timpani
Wind and brass
Violas and cellos
Flutes
What do the strings play underneath the brass and timpani at bar 273?
Figure x
Figure y
S3
S1
What section do we reach at letter 'C'?
Exposition
Development 2
Fausse Reprise
Recapitulation
What is the 'theme' of the Fausse Reprise?
S1
S2a
S2b
S3
What key (and inversion) do we reach at the Fausse Reprise?
C 6/3
C 6/4
C
C7
What chord is played at bar 290?
E7
E 6/3
E 4/2
E 6/4
Identify the chord sequence at bars 293- 295
D6/4, F#6/3, B6/5
D6/3, F#4/2, B 6/4
D6/3, F#4/2, B6/5
Name the section reached at bar 270
Recapitulation
Codetta
2nd Development section
Transition
Name the playing technique in the first violin in bar 297
portamento
double stopping
triple stopping
col legno
At bar 297 we are in Em. How does this relate to the key?
It is the dominant
It is the tonic
It is the secondary dominant
It is the relative minor
At bar 301, identify the harmonic sequence that is heard underneath the melodic material
A descending sequence
An ascending sequence
A dominant pedal
A brief cycle of 5ths
What key have we reached at bar 313?
F# minor
C# major
F# major
C# minor
At bar 327 - what material has been reshaped to make the melodic material?
S1
Figure y
Figure x
S3
