Studied by 0 peopleFull name and OP number + movement of set work
Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 in G major Op 58, First Movement
set work date of composition
1805 - 1806
first public performance where and when
22nd dec 1808 at Theatre an der Wein, Vienna
Structure of set movement?
sonata form with double exposition
Instrumentation
Solo piano with orchestra - double woodwind (flutes, oboes, clarinets in C, bassoons), two horns in g, Violins 1 and 2, Violas, Cellos and double basses
What speed is the first Movement of Beethovens 4th PC?
Allegro moderato
Who was the Piano Concerto No.4 in G major dedicated to?
Archduke Rudolph - Beethovens friend, student and patron.
What is a concerto?
Where a solo instrument/small group have a dialogue with a larger, accompanying group of instruments
Who developed the concerto?
Italian Baroque composers (Corelli, Torelli, Vivaldi) and German composers (J.S.Bach and Handel)
What are the two styles of concerto and who focused on them?
Concerto Grosso (Corelli, Handel, Bach) and Solo Concerto (Torelli, Vivaldi and later Mozart)
How long is the first theme and what length are the phrases
14 bars - 5 and 9 both starting with motif x (3 bars)
What do we have where we would expect the second subject and what does it do - give bar numbers
Transition theme 1 at bars 29- 32 which modulates from Am to Em, then repeated twice in Cmaj and Gmaj
Give a detailed structure of the Double Exposition - colour coded <3
First exposition: First subject group, Link Passage, Transition 1, Link passage, Codetta.
Second Exposition: Introduction, First subject group, Link passage, Transition 2, Second subject group, Link passage, Transition 1, Link passage, Codetta.
Give a detailed structure of the Recapitulation - colour coded <3
First subject group, Link passage, Transition 3, Second subject group, Link passage, Transition 1, Link passage
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