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Overture to the Marriage of Figaro Mozart. The Marriage of Figaro, K.492 The overture, which was written last (just two days before the premiere), does.

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1 Overture to the Marriage of Figaro Mozart

2 The Marriage of Figaro, K.492 The overture, which was written last (just two days before the premiere), does not quote any material from the opera at all, but its brilliance and non-stop hustle set the emotional tempo for the "crazy day" to follow. http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi- bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=49073&storeid=- 1&z=100&viewMode=fullwidth#scorchIsHerehttp://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi- bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=49073&storeid=- 1&z=100&viewMode=fullwidth#scorchIsHere

3 KeyToneColors/ Musical Events Form Texture Dynamics D major strings & bassoontheme 1 (antecedent) thin pp viola, cello, bass, bassoon play pedal D ’ s with harmonies in horn, clarinet, oboe, flute thinnest p violins, horn, clarinet, oboe, flute have the main part while all others mostly play unison D ’ s consequentthickff strings & bassoon with main theme while oboe, flute hold whole notes and others have one chord theme 1 repeated (antecedent) thinp viola, cello, bass, bassoon play pedal D ’ s with harmonies in horn, clarinet, oboe, flute thinnes t violins, horn, clarinet, oboe, flute have the main part while all others mostly play unison D ’ s consequentthickff all instruments play chord tones and violins have some running eighth notes transitionthick chords with thin in- betwee n fp chords with p in- between mostly chord tones in all instruments but sometimes eighth notes are in strings thickf with p eighth- notes

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