music 1a - introduction to music
dan mitchell | music department | creative arts division | de anza college |

Romance in G Minor for Violin and Piano, Op 22

Clara Wieck Schumann

Allegretto, duple meter, A B A' form
Violin, piano
(2:45)

Description

A section (minor)

1. Main violin melody, p, minor, syncopated upward octave leap. Melody descends from high tone.
2. Main melody repeated, syncopatedleaps in violin, tempo slows slightly.
3. Long trills in violin, melody in piano; two-note figure, repeated in ever-quicker rhythms, introduces...

B section (major)

1. New soaring phrase in major, beginning with short trill, p.
2. Playful phrase with trill; staccato "chirping" idea tossed from violin to piano.
3. Violin trill, soaring phrase returns, shift from major to minor, melody in low register in violin and piano, mf. Staccato "chirping" idea and trill bring return to major.
4. Violin trill, soaring phrase, p, playful phrase with trills.
5. Two-note figure repeated in ever-quicker rhythms introduces...

A' section (minor)

1. Main violin melody, minor; paino immediately imitates violin. Melody descends from high note.
2. Main melody repeated, syncopated leaps in violin, tempo slows slightly.
3. Long trills in violin; melody in piano leads to soaring phrase, now in minor; ascent from low register to high; pizzicato major ending, p.