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Form Worksheet 5: Ternary Form
Mendelssohn, Song Without Words, Op. 85, No. I (complete). This entire movement is a small ternary.
(a) Complete the harmonic analysis. We've already covered the A section on FWA, p. 3. Analyze the B
and A’ sections in F major; no modulations, but there are expanded tonicizations in section B. Label
(true) cadences by type. The chords are arpeggiated clearly by the LIT. accompaniment patterns.
(b) Name the compound theme type for the A section (mm. 1-17):Covteax Fes
(FWA, p. 3)
(c) Consider the B section (mm. 18-29):
(1) Name the simple 8-m. theme type used in this section
MARK the music accordingly (cadence: formal functions of 2-m. & “4-m.” units).
(2) Which type of framing fechnique is used at the end of this section? fsr Can, Sno os Deruasst
MARK this technique on the music.
(3) In the space below, discuss the morivic content of the B section, compared to that of the A
section. Does Mendelssohn develop the basic idea or contrasting idea here? Explain how below.
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(4) How does Mendelssohn prepare for the return of A in the final bars of this B section?
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(4) Consider the A’ section (mm. 30-50):
(1) Compare mm, 30-39 carefully to mm, 2-17, and describe how the restatement has been changed
with respect to length and theme type.
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(2) How does Mendelsohn blur the division line at the beginning of this A’ harmonically?
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(3) Which type of phrase deviation is used in mm. 30-39? (There are two extra bars here, after all!)
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(4) Which type of framing technique is used in this section? Cases Seearto
MARK this technique on the music, and mark the PAC in the “correct” location, please!
(HINT: The length of this framing technique is longer than in Classical examples.)
BONUS: In the closing bars of this piece, Mendelssohn reiterates the falling third C5—A4 a number
of times to conclude the piece. What role does this specific CSA third motion play in the
melody ofthe compound basie idea (mm. 2-5), both directly and as a basiewiteh outline?
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