LISTENING CHART 23
Bartók, Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta, second movement (Allegro)
Sonata form. 7 min.
| EXPOSITION |
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| 0:00 | Theme 1 | With pizzicato “preface” | |
| 0:22 | Held note, drum | ||
| 0:25 | Bridge | ||
Big stop, after drumbeat |
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| Second group |
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| 0:56 | Theme 2 | ||
| 1:10 | Theme 3 | Folklike tune, strong beat | |
| Developmental | |||
| 1:32 | Theme 4 | Over a string trill | |
| 2:04 | Cadence theme | Piano |
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| 2:24 |
Exaggerated cadence; drumbeat |
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| DEVELOPMENT | |||
| 2:28 | Section 1 | Irregular rhythms: piano and percussion, leading to the Stravinskian passage | |
| 3:14 | Section 2 | Pizzicato scales, from the “preface” | |
| 3:34 | New folklike tune | ||
| Drum prepares: | |||
| 4:04 | Section 3 | Crescendo | |
| 4:54 | (retransition) |
Drum grows insistent; slowdown
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| RECAPITULATION | |||
| 5:10 | Theme 1 | With timpani; meter change | |
| 5:28 | Bridge | ||
| Second group | |||
| 5:40 | Theme 2 | Transformation: triple meter | |
| 5:51 | New continuations | ||
| 6:04 | Theme 4 | Transformation: triple meter | |
| 6:24 | Cadence theme | Piano, as before | |
| CODA | |||
| 6:32 | New fast dialogue on theme 1 | ||