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00100 Figure 86b
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00800 The harmony of bars 60-62 is quite similar, but now moving from
00900 d and employing three-note substitutes for the seventh chords.
01000
01100 Figure 86c
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01900 Taking only the primary chords of the next bars, we find the
02000 same progression, now in c:
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02200 Figure 86d
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02800 Next, the progression is expanded to three seventh chords in
02900 a row. Following the previous analyses, we can only assume that
03000 this represents an overlapping of an implied tonicization of f and
03100 a real one of g.
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03300 Figure 86e
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03900 There is no doubt that the material thus far presented on
04000 this passage gives a fair picture of the essential movement of the
04100 harmony and would make a relatively uncluttered analysis. Unfortunately,
04200 this degree of simplicity is achieved only by omitting mention of the
04300 subtle changes which occur at the ends of many of the measures. When
04400 these are taken into account, we find several pivot chords and
04500 justification for showing some more brief tonicizations.
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04700 First, in bars 63 and 64, it might be said that the root
04800 of each beginning harmony is tonicized by the previous eighth note.
04900 Below the analysis, the earlier simple view is presented.
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05100 Figure 86f
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05900 Because of the slight changes in the presentation of the motive
06000 in bars 65-69, we now find somewhat different harmonic details. The
06100 harmony of bar 65 is first heard as c: I, the disjunctly approached Ab
06200 at the end changing the function to VI7. Continuing on this basis,
06300 bar 66 will give c: II acting at same time as f: nVI, which then becomes
06400 f: IV7 at the end of the bar. (Note that a Bb7 chord rarely can be
06500 truly functional in c.) Bar 67 then has f: nVII to V7, which works
06600 equally well as g: nVI to IV7. This leads to g: #VII7 in bar 68 and
06700 then I at the beginning of bar 69.
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06900 Figure 86g
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07700 However, it hardly seems necessary to show these changes of
07800 nVI to IV7, etc. in bars 66-68, the root of each seventh chord being
07900 delayed until the last eighth note. But if the same reasoning is
08000 applied to the slightly different structures of bars 65 and 69, what
08100 is first heard clearly as I then is "completed" as IV7 of a major key.
08200
08300 Figure 86h
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09300
09400 The difficulty in analyzing this last half of the development
09500 section stems mainly from the ambiguity of function in the long string
09600 of ascending seventh chords. Even though a satisfactory analysis of the
09700 tonal bases can be worked out here, it is obvious that our comprehension
09800 of such passages depends greatly on the much less problematical element
09900 of motivic continuity. It will be seen later how the functional
10000 ambiguity of late 19th-century music led to a situation wherein the
10100 motivic or, more broadly speaking, contextual element took over the
10200 primary organizational role from tonal harmony.
10300
10400 The recapitulation of this Mozart movement offers no new
10500 complications. The few new tonics can easily be identified.
10600
10700 It will be noticed that most of the work on the role of the
10800 piece's more complex chromaticism has been assumed during the
10900 preceding discussion. This can hardly be otherwise, even when
11000 approaching a work from the largest view first. The more complicated
11100 the details are, the more difficult it usually becomes to form an
11200 immediate view of the larger tonal movements. The same will often
11300 prove true concerning the other of the first three analytical
11400 procedures outlined in Chapter VIII. What questions that may be
11500 left in this area will probably be covered in the discussion which
11600 follows the complete analysis of the movement.
11700
11800 Figure 87. Mozart, Sonata in F, K.533, second movement (Andante).
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12200 Space does not permit discussion of all the problematical
12300 details, but a few things should be pointed out. Many more chords
12400 of weak structural nature might be enclosed by parentheses (see bar 1),
12500 but to do this aspect full justice a complete rhythmical analysis
12600 would be necessary. The linear element, especially in the bass, is
12700 another factor which has been largely neglected but which certainly
12800 contributes to the relative value of the function of the chords. (Note
12900 the bass ascent from bar 3; F-G-A-Bb-C-D-Eb-F, etc.)
12950 At bars 24 and 25 there is no question of a 6-4 chord, since
13050 the bass is melodic. At bar 29 its melodic role is much weaker. From
13150 bar 33 to bar 38 we have a prolonged F cadence with "contrapuntal"
13250 decorating functions. The functions listed on the third beats of
13350 bars 37 and 38 are formed by the implications of the lines. Notice
13400 especially the details of the line in bar 37; it is almost the same
13500 in bars 50 and 52. In these latter cases, however, some ambiguity
13600 results, since it is a little difficult to specify all the chord
13700 tones. The thrice repeated cambiata figure first gives the impression
13800 of defining chord tones at intervals of the fourth. However, the primary
13900 note of the last cambiata in each case is itself an emphasized
14000 appoggiatura to the next to last note of the bar. Thus these two
14100 measures present the F7 chord unless they are viewed as inverted
14200 positions of the dominant ninth chord.
14300
14400 Naturally, if the repeat of the second section is considered,
14500 there would be a small change on the highest line of the middle
14600 ground. The d control tonic at bar 47 might read iii (of the basic
14700 tonic Bb) the second time through. Everything below that line would
14800 remain the same.
14900
15000 Many more harmonic relationships lie in the piece than are
15100 expressed in our large diagram, but this process of creating an
15200 analysis may be adapted to whatever scale of detail might be desired.
15300 It is hoped that this process will instill the individual with a
15400 heightened awareness of the music, thereby clearing the way for the
15500 comprehension of the work's full intellectual and emotional potential.
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16000
16100 Exercises for Chapter IX
16200
16300 Analyze the following movements from the Sonatas of Mozart:
16400
16500 1. Sonata in Bb, K.189f(281), last movement (Rondo).
16600 2. " in a, K.300d(310), first movement.
16700 3. " in F, K.300k(332), last movement.
16800 4. " in c, K.457, second movement.
16900 5. " in D, K.576, first movement.