Mozart, Don Giovanni, opening Scene of Act I

Selection – Don Giovanni, opening Scene of Act I

Composer – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Stylistic Period – Classical Period

Form – Opera

Timbre – strings, woodwinds, brass

Melody – pitch range, to crescendo, repeated phrases

Harmony – pleasing, abrupt sounds multiple emotions

Dynamics – sudden gradual changes, movement from fast to slow to fast and crescendo

Texture - polyphonic/homophonic

Rhythm/Tempo – flexible rhythm

 

Two Key Characteristic’s of Stylistic Period

1.  Repetitive   

2.  Flexibility in rhythm and tempo