Musical Features
Melody and accompaniment, soprano solo voice with piano accompanying (melody dominated homophony).
Harmony functions around the relationship of the dominant and the tonic (although this journey from one to the other often pregresse through a circle of fifths).
Secondary dominants are used especially in bars 5-7.
Most chords are in root position or in first inversion.
Includes major and minor ambiguity, passages will lead to a minor cadence then actually cadence in a major key instead.
False relation in bar 7 B natural and B flat played together.
Frequent vocal melismas on the triple groups.
Mainly conjuct motion with defining leaps and significant intervals.
Falling fifths used as puntuation.
Continuous quavers in piano accompaniment.
Structural Features
Melody and accompaniment, soprano solo voice with piano accompanying (melody dominated homophony).
Harmony functions around the relationship of the dominant and the tonic (although this journey from one to the other often pregresse through a circle of fifths).
Secondary dominants are used especially in bars 5-7.
Most chords are in root position or in first inversion.
Includes major and minor ambiguity, passages will lead to a minor cadence then actually cadence in a major key instead.
False relation in bar 7 B natural and B flat played together.
Frequent vocal melismas on the triple groups.
Mainly conjuct motion with defining leaps and significant intervals.
Falling fifths used as puntuation.
Continuous quavers in piano accompaniment.
Structural Features