Tchaikovsky Romeo 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 sections Exposition Development Recapitulation

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 Lawrence The Strife Theme The 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 1 st Time - Introduction FRIAR LAWRENCE THEME FOR 1 ST TIME F# minor Heard in the Bassoons and Clarinets Hymn-like Homophonic Low register

Friar 2 nd Time - Introduction TRANSITION WITH THE FRIAR LAWRENCE THEME FOR 2 ND 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 3 RD 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 Exposition 1 ST TIME WE HEAR THE STRIFE THEME: flutes and violins playing in octaves (bars ) Homophonic texture (melody with accompaniment) Loud volume Repetition Syncopation Dotted rhythms Fast tempo Bminor

2 ND 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 4 th higher Because it is played as a canon…the texture is Polyphonic Strife Theme and Love Theme Exposition

3 rd TIME WE HEAR THE STRIFE THEME: flute violin and trumpet B minor – D major Louder dynamics ff Brass join in Timpani more involved

Lets 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 1 st 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: 1 st violins………… Continuous crotchets Homophonic texture Strings are divided into 4 parts(div) and muted (con sordini) Wide leaps 2 nd time Repeated notes Strife Theme and Love Theme Exposition

Gradually more instruments are added to thicken the texture LOVE 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 2 nd 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 SECTION Friar Lawrence Theme and The Strife Theme

2 ND TIME FRIAR LAWRENCE THEME G minor STRIFE THEME Horns strings Exact repetition 3 note Semi-quavers idea across orchestra Sequences Crescendo

3 rd time FRIAR LAWRENCE THEME B Minor strife theme (rhythms) Trumpets with orchestra accompanying Syncopation in strife theme Descending line in cello/tuba and bassoon DEVELOPMENT SECTION Friar Lawrence Theme and The Strife Theme

Recapitulation section (bars ) SECTIONKEYBAR STRIFEB MINOR353 LOVE THEME PART 2D MAJOR368 LOVE THEME PART 1D MAJOR389 ALTERED LOVE THEME D MAJOR419 STRIFE + FRIAR LAW. THEME B MINOR C MINOR C# MINOR 441 TRANSITIONC#MINOR B MINOR 462

Transition to Coda TRANSITION (BARS ) C# minor to B minor Strife rhythm Loud drum roll brings recap to a close

Coda CODA = BARS FUNERAL MARCH LINK PASSAGE LOVE MOTIF