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1st subject
Exposition
• Instrumentation – Melody in the Violins with the flutes,
clarinets, bassoons and horns playing quaver
accompaniment for the first few bars which us then
variated upon as the melody continues.
• Structure – about 22 bars long, followed by a transition
using some of the 1st subject material.
• Key – A major.
Recapitulation
• Instrumentation – Melody in the violins and violas, with
the same accompaniment with the exception of the
oboes and the celli playing a sustained note for 1.5 bars,
as well as the trumpets playing a similar accompaniment
to the rest of the orchestra.
• Structure – Misses two bars at 380 which the exposition
had at bar 15 and 16, making it 20 bars long. Ends in an
interrupted cadence leading to more variation on the on
the arpeggio melody.
• Key – A major.
2nd subject

Exposition Recapitulation
• Structure – Made of 2 parts, S2A and S2B. S2A lasts for • Structure – Completely skips S2A (quite rightly so).
about 18 bars before S2B comes in.
• Key – A major.
• Key – E major for the most part (dominant of A major).
• Instrumentation (S2B) – Melody in the violas and the
• Instrumentation (S2A) – Melody for S2A in the Clarinets celli, repeated in the violins. The accompaniment is the
and bassoons (and then the flutes and clarinets), with the flutes and clarinets playing a similar antiphonal
cellos and basses playing a bassline accompaniment with accompaniment to the violins and violas in the
the same rhythm, and the violins and violas playing exposition. The whole orchestra returns again after the
quavers. repeat, and then reducing to just the strings and the
• Instrumentation (S2B) – S2B’s melody is primarily in the bassoon.
clarinets and bassoons, repeated in the flutes and oboes.
The accompaniment is sort of antiphonal between 2 nd
violins and violas, with celli a basses playing a beat at the
start of each bar. After the repeat the whole orchestra
comes in playing tutti (with dominant pedal), and then
reducing to just the strings and the oboe.
The rest
Exposition
• Structure – Throughout the rest of the section it’s a mix
of using the rhythm from the first and second subjects,
with lots of tutti excerpts and a coda at the end.
• Key – largely A major, with the coda being mostly E
major.
• Instrumentation –The coda at the end features the S2B
rhythm used repeatedly in the woodwind which devolves
into a descending sequence on the strings, bringing the
piece back to the start.
Recapitulation
• Structure – Transition to the 3rd subject, which then leads
to an antiphonal section combining the 1st and 3rd
subjects, then a coda which continues till the end.
• Key – 3rd subject in A minor, antiphonal section starting in
D major.
• Instrumentation – The 3rd subject part is mostly in the
woodwinds and horns, with some pedal notes in the
violins and violas. More instruments are added till the
antiphonal section has the woodwinds and brass playing
the 1st subject, followed by the strings playing the 3rd
subject.
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