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Ground Bass and Theme and Variations

Ground Bass and Theme and Variations. PBS Music Department Year 8 – Module 4. Name: ________________________ Form: ____. This is _______________ ____________________ He was born in (country) _______________ in the year ______________.

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Ground Bass and Theme and Variations

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  1. Ground Bass and Theme and Variations PBS Music Department Year 8 – Module 4 Name: ________________________ Form: ____

  2. This is _______________ ____________________ He was born in (country) _______________ in the year ______________. His most famous piece of music is ____________________________ usually known as Pachelbel’s Canon melodies after instruments tune repeated cello

  3. Pachelbel’s Canon What can I do?

  4. Theme and Variations They are actually part of Piero Fornasetti’s “Tema e Variazioni” (Theme and Variations) porcelain plate art series. All of his plates feature the face of operatic soprano Lina Cavalieri, whose classically feminine face he saw featured in a 19th century magazine. There are more than 350 face plates in the collection. Describe what you can see in these photographs. Is it the same woman? What is the same in each photo? What is different? Theme and Variations in Music This musical form has been popular for centuries. A theme is played very simply at the beginning and is then repeated several times but each variation is different in some way. How could the theme be varied?

  5. Schubert ‘s Trout Quintet Schubert was a _______________ composer, wrote this piece in ______ when he was only ____ years old. The instruments which play are violin, _________, cello, double ______ and ___________. The piece is divided into sections called movements. The fourth movement is in Theme and ________________ form. Missing Words Variation bass 22 German Piano 1819 Theme Which instrument plays the tune? ___________________ Which instrument does not play in this first statement of the theme? ____________________ Are the instruments playing staccato or legato? _________________ Is the music in a major or minor key? ______________________ Variation 1 Which instrument plays the tune now? ________________________ What does it do to decorate the tune?________________________ Variation 4 Is this in a major key or minor key? ___________________________ What dynamic marking would you write at the beginning? _________ Can you hear the melody? ___________________________________ How does the music start? P mf ff? ______________

  6. What can I do?

  7. Theme and Variations Composing Report (My partner was ____________)

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