AGONY: INTO THE WOODS

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1. Did I abuse her or show her disdain

2. Why does she run from me
3. If I should lose her how shall I regain
4. The heart she has won from me
5. Agony
6. Beyond power of speech
7. When the one thing you want
8. Is the only thing out of your reach
9. High in her tower she sits by the hour
10. Maintaining her hair
11. Blithe and becoming and frequently humming
12. A light-hearted air
13. Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
14. Agony
15. Far more painful than yours
16. When you know she would go with you
17. If there only were doors
18. Agony
19. All the torture they teach
20. What’s as intriguing or half so fatiguing
21. As what's out of reach

1. Identify the time signature of this piece

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2. Identify the solo instrument at the beginning of the extract

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3. Describe how the vocal writing evokes a childish atmosphere,

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4. Describe the accompaniment, refer to lines in your

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5. How does this composer create a comedic mood

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1. 6/8
2. Cello
3. Repeated melody (line 1, line 9), singing in turn in competition and not in harmony, bellowing ‘agony’ (line5,14)
4. Romantic strings, waltz-like, pizzicato strings, flute playing countermelody, brass introduced at second prince agony
5. Major key, line 8 in 9/8 irregularity, imitation, bellowing chorus