MUSICAL

ANALYSIS
BOHEMIAN
RHAPSODY

Queen
Composed by
Freddie Mercury
(Farrokh Bulsara)
1946 (Stone Town. Zanzíbar)
-1991 (London).
Composer, pianist and vocal.
One of the most distinctive
voices in the music history.
 John
Deacon John Deacon

Recorded and
performed by
Queen.
A BRITISH BAND CREATED
IN 1970 IN LONDON.
Freddie Roger
Mercury Taylor
SMILE. THE BAND BEFORE THE QUEEN
Was formed by Tim Stafell, Brian May and Roger
Taylor. In 1970, Freddie Mercury joined and
suggested the name “Queen”. John Deacon was
recruited in 1971, before the band released their
debut album (named Queen).

Queen appeared in the UK charts with their

second album Queen II.
 14 record albums
Record collection. 7 live albums
48 singles
Queen …

Queen II

Sheer Heart Attack

A Night At The Opera

A Day At The Races

News of the World

Jazz
 14 record albums
Record collection. 7 live albums
48 singles
The Game …

Hot Space

The Works

A Kind of Magic

The Miracle

Innuendo

Made in Heaven
LIVE RECORDS
A NIGHT AT THE ODEON.
LIVE KILLERS (1979)
HAMMERSMITH 1975 (2015)
LIVE MAGIC (1986)
ON AIR (2016)
AT THE BEEP (1989)
LIVE AT WEMBLEY ´86 (1992)
QUEEN ON FIRE. LIVE AT THE BOWL (2004)
LIVE AROUND THE WORLD
QUEEN ROCK MONTREAL (2007)
(2020) WITH ADAM
HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY. QUEEN LIVE IN LAMBERT.
BUDAPEST (2012)
LIVE AT THE RAINBOW ´74 (2014)
 A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
LIST 1 LIST 2
 4x4
Rock
masterpiece that TYPICAL BINARY
challenges FORM:
traditional song A + B (VERSUS +
structure. CHORUS)

EXCEED THE EXPECTATIONS

6 minutes PARTS AND
CHORAL
INTRO STRUCTURES

BALLAD
ROCK OUTRO

GUITAR
6 distinct OPERA SOLO Variety of
sections musical
styles
INTRODUCTION
A CHORAL SECTION A
CAPELLA
Bb Major
MYSTERIOUS ATMOSPHERE
TWO PHRASES:
- A CAPELLA
- A CAPELLA WITH PIANO
BEAT/MUSICAL
TIME
4X4
BALLAD
SLOW TEMPO OF 4 X 4

Bb Major

Starts in “To me” with piano.

“Mama” (MAIN VOCAL SUBJECT)

I (Bb Major)

VI II

Arpeggio Octaves

Accompanied melody
GUITAR SOLO
BRIAN MAY
INTERPRETATION
HARMONY + BEAT
FROM THE BALLAD
CLASSICAL MELODY
IDEAS
solo with a Piano accompaniment

II V chromatic melody
moviment
ÓPERA
TEMPO ACCELERATED

4X4

RESPONSORIAL CHANT
(RENAISSANCE) : SOLOIST +
CHOIR ANSWERS

New pitch: A Major and then,

Eb Major
 PIANO NEW PITCH: A Major
introduces the
section

Initial voices doing fourths, thirds, major chords…

SECOND PART SEMICADENCE
Eb Major V
ROCK SECTION.

Pitch: Eb Major

Guitar riffs, powerful voice

of Freddie and tempor
accelerated.

Rock and Roll

OUTRO. PIANO SOLO.

PITCH: Eb Major

This part bring back the ballad

in the form of a final coda.

Freddie Mercury stands alone

playing the piano.
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY LIVE