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Romeo and Juliet Overture - Coggle Diagram
Romeo and Juliet Overture
Tchaikovsky
1881
Structure
Sonata Form
Intro - Friar Lawrence
Sub. 1 - Conflict
Sub. 2 - Love
Features
Tonal but with chromaticism and enharmonic changes
modal harmony
pedal notes
sequence
syncopation
imitation and inversion
Introduction
4 part
homophonic
F sharp minor with no E sharps - modal
plagal cadence
somber
comes back, uncommon in sonata form
Subject 1 - Conflict
B minor
main theme
tutti
syncoated
homophonic
second idea
rising semiquaver scales
imitation
Subject 2 - Love
highly unusual key
augmented 6th
A7 chord reinterpreted as an augmented 6th, which resolves to a 2nd inversion D flat major chord
first idea
cor anglais and muted violas
gently syncopated accompaniment
second idea
develops chromatic harmony
yearning appogiatura - resolution heightened by dissonance
not seen in development