Beethoven - String Quartet 15, Op.132 (Color-Coded Analysis)
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I. Assai sostenuto -- Allegro @0:00
II. Allegro ma non tanto (A major) @10:17
III. Molto Adagio — Andante — Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart. Molto adagio — Neue Kraft fühlend. Andante — Molto adagio — Andante--Molto adagio. Mit innigster Empfindung @19:00
IV. Alla marcia, assai vivace (A major) @37:04
V. Allegro appassionato — Presto @39:12
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Try watching this in FULL SCREEN (it looks pretty good that way IMHO).
The Lindsay String Quartet
Analysis based on notes in Kalmus Miniature Orchestra Scores.
Visual presentation by E. Chang/The Daily Beethoven: http://lvbandmore.blogspot.com/
More detailed analysis about Movement 3 ("Heiligerdankgesang"): http://lvbandmore.blogspot.com/2010/08/810-beethovens-heiliger-dankgesang-from.html
Complete String Quartets Visually Analyzed:
Playlist:http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1429936B1B7F1FBB
Note: at this time the annotations will not appear on mobile devices, so if possible please watch from a computer.
For more videos of this type see:
Color-Coded Analysis of Beethoven's Music (INDEX):
http://lvbandmore.blogspot.com/p/color-coded-analysis-of-beethovens-music.html
Introduction to Sonata Form:
http://lvbandmore.blogspot.com/p/about-sonata-form-and-analysis.html
Arrangement for Electric Rock Band:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huT3dbNJ89g
My Analysis Cheat Sheet:
-SONATA FORM: Most common form, almost always in the 1st movement and often last movement of a work. The basic sequence is Intro, Exposition, Development, Recapitulation and Coda.
-EXPOSITION: Main theme(s) are presented, usually in the home key and then a modulated key
-THEME / THEME GROUP: musical "paragraph". These can be broken down into 1 or more "tunes". These are grouped according to key and end on cadences. The 1st Theme Group is in the home key. The 2nd Theme Group is in the dominant or other key.
-CLOSING/CADENCE SECTION: a theme group which closes the Expo or Recap (it follows the 2nd theme) and revives Theme 1 to provide closure.
-MODULATING BRIDGE/TRANSITION: material to get from 1 key/theme group to another, often w sequencing.
-DEVELOPMENT: free-form "working out"/"fantasia" section where earlier themes are subjected to variations and atomizations. Possibly a new theme is introduced ("Eroica").
-RECAPITULATION: Repeat of the Expo, except that this section remains in the same key throughout and there can be theme variations from the initial Expo versions of themes.
-CODA: Follows the Recap, kind of a second development designed to finish off the work.
-SEQUENCING: repeating a phrase on different starting notes (keys)
-TERNARY FORM: 3-part form in A-B-A, usually a Scherzo or Minuet
-SCHERZO/MINUET: 1st pt. of a 3-pt. Scherzo form, usually AA.BA'.BA' in 3/4 time. Lively.
-TRIO: Middle section of a Scherzo movement, slower, broader than the Scherzo section
-RONDO: Similar to Sonata form except that the Development is replaced by a new section and there is less transition material. A principal theme (A) alternates with contrasting themes (BCD...). (Ex.ABACABA.)
-FUGUE: form in which a subject(s) undergoes canonical permutations
-VARIATION: repeat of a theme with variation
-CADENZA: unaccompanied instrumental solo
-BINARY FORM: Structure in AB. 2-Part Song form.
(Disclaimer: I do not have a music degree, all of the above is purely from memory and observation)
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String Quartet Op.132
1st Mvmt
Introduction
Expo
-1
-2
-Closing
Development
Recap
-1
-2
-Closing
Coda
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2nd Mvmt
Scherzo (Divided in 3 iterations)
Trio
Scherzo (Divided in 2 iterations)
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3rd Mvmt (vastly simplified)
1a
2
1b
2
1c, Coda
More detailed analysis about Mvmt 3 ("Heiligerdankgesang"):
http://lvbandmore.blogspot.com/2010/08/810-beethovens-heiliger-dankgesang-from.html
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4th Mvmt
-1
-2
-1 (var.)
-2
-1 (var.)
-Recitative
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5th Mvmt (Rondo)
A
B
A
C
A
B
A
Coda
