TchaikovskyRomeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

Key Words Overture – music usually heard in one

movement before an opera. Programme Music – descriptive music

which tells a story. Sonata form – Music divided into 3

sectionsExpositionDevelopmentRecapitulation

Tchaikovskys Style

Very creative and used lots of different combinations of instruments

He used lots of contrasting keys, tempi and textures in the music

He likes to write scale passages He used sonata form

Themes

Friar LawrenceThe Strife ThemeThe Love Theme

Themes Introduction: Friar Lawrence theme  Exposition: Strife theme LOVE THEME Codetta Development: Friar Lawrence Strife theme  Recapitulation: Strife theme LOVE THEME Altered LOVE THEME Strife theme Final conflict Coda: Funeral March

 

Friar Lawrence Theme

Friar Lawrence Theme heard 3 times:

Frair 1st Time - Introduction

FRIAR LAWRENCE THEME FOR 1ST TIME F# minor Heard in the Bassoons and Clarinets Hymn-like Homophonic Low register

Friar 2nd Time - Introduction

TRANSITION WITH THE FRIAR LAWRENCE THEME FOR 2ND TIME (bar 41)

F minor Theme in flutes and oboes Contrapuntal Higher register Pizzicato strings Scale passages

Friar Third Time - Introduction

LINK PASSAGE WITH A VARIED FRIAR LAWRENCE THEME FOR 3RD TIME

(bar 83) E minor Theme is in the woodwinds Dynamics getting louder Tempo getting faster Tremolo strings Timpani roll Much more lively

Strife Theme and Love Theme Exposition1ST TIME WE HEAR THE STRIFE THEME: flutes and violins playing in octaves (bars 112-115) Homophonic texture (melody with accompaniment) Loud volume Repetition Syncopation Dotted rhythms Fast tempo Bminor

2ND TIME WE HEAR THE STRIFE THEME: D minor – G minor – B minor Played as canon by cello and double bass and followed

by piccolo/flute/oboe Imitation at the octave and double octave Distance of a minim Canon is repeated a 4th higher Because it is played as a canon…the texture is

Polyphonic

Strife Theme and Love Theme Exposition

Strife Theme and Love Theme Exposition

3rd TIME WE HEAR THE STRIFE THEME: flute violin and trumpet

B minor – D major Louder dynamics ff Brass join in Timpani more involved

 Let’s listen to part one of THE LOVE THEME

It is in D flat major (im missing a G flat on stave!.....sorry)

LOVE THEME PART 1: Cor anglais(English horn) and muted viola (con sordini) in unison b184

• Key of D flat Major• Homophonic texture: melody on Cor anglais and

viola with• Syncopated horns in background• Wide leaps 1st time

• Pizz cello and double basses• Rising harp arpeggio

Strife Theme and Love Theme Exposition

Lets look at LOVE THEME PART 2 now

LOVE THEME PART 2: 1st violins………… Continuous crotchets Homophonic texture Strings are divided into 4 parts(div) and muted (con sordini) Wide leaps 2nd time Repeated notes

Strife Theme and Love Theme Exposition

Strife Theme and Love Theme Exposition

Gradually more instruments are added to thicken the textureLOVE THEME PART 1 AGAIN semi quaver scale introduction passage

Strife Theme and Love Theme Exposition Love theme in higher register in flute + oboe

LOVE THEME PART 1: flutes and oboes in a higher register………… Love theme introduced by rising semiquavers in flute and oboe Pizz cello and double bass Rocking/Broken chords on violin and viola No percussion THE LOVE THEME PART 1 IS REPEATED exactly as the above but this time

the Clarinets join in with the flutes and oboes Bass trombone joins in A short Codetta brings the section to an end with the harp playing crotchet

chords

FRIAR LAWRENCE THEME Bminor to F sharp minor STRIFE THEME Horn (later flute/clarinet) 7 BAR BUILD UP 2nd violin =strife rhythms No key signature Dialogue between strings/wood Lots of semi-quavers Pizzicato IN CELLO/D.BASS Polyphonic texture Sequences Staccato violins

DEVELOPMENT SECTIONFriar Lawrence Theme and The Strife Theme

DEVELOPMENT SECTIONFriar Lawrence Theme and The Strife Theme

2ND TIME FRIAR LAWRENCE THEME G minor STRIFE THEME Horns

strings Exact repetition 3 note Semi-quavers idea across orchestra Sequences 326-330 Crescendo 

3rd timeFRIAR LAWRENCE THEME B Minor strife theme (rhythms)

Trumpets with orchestra accompanying Syncopation in strife theme

Descending line in cello/tuba and bassoon

DEVELOPMENT SECTIONFriar Lawrence Theme and The Strife Theme

Recapitulation section (bars 353-462) SECTION KEY BARSTRIFE B MINOR 353LOVE THEME PART 2 D MAJOR 368

LOVE THEME PART 1 D MAJOR 389

ALTERED LOVE THEME

D MAJOR 419

STRIFE + FRIAR LAW.THEME

B MINORC MINORC# MINOR

441

TRANSITION C#MINORB MINOR

462

Transition to Coda

TRANSITION (BARS 462-484) C# minor to B minor Strife rhythm Loud drum roll brings recap to a close

Coda

CODA = BARS 485 - 510

FUNERAL MARCH LINK PASSAGE LOVE MOTIF