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    Debussy Nocturnes Mov. 1 Nuages - Scanned Score

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    of 17

    Rotation starrts energetically, ends wtih expanded fadeout

    - Cuts through
    texture
    Syncopated
    Cluster chords

    Syncopated pizz in lower strings


    : static harmony and no new material
    Fade out, expansion of 2 note harmonic idea in Y, 6/4, variant of closing motif in the horns

    B Pedla (previously there was a diminished triad instead)

    Bass descends to F (tritone away), same as cor anglais melody movement

    Viola solo: partway between countermelody and accomp

    Rotation 4: longest, 37 bars, less ordered expansion of X


    Total length of Rotation 3: sum of rotations 1 than rotatoins 2 and 3
    and 2: 10 + 18 bars
    Ends inconclusively, ambiguous harmony around F, More in common with rotation 1, but even thinner
    tritone away from opening tonal focus of B texture, SOLO VIOLA adds additional material:
    between countermelody and expanded accompaniment
    Whole tone chord INTERJECTION

    Swells

    Parallel Dom7ths, recalls outline of b.14 Parallel Dom7ths


    'B' in Ternary Form, also developed X from Rotation 1, b.15-20, RESOLUTION of V7d to D#m; Unlike previous material, this is logical contiuation
    processes from rotation 1-3

    D# Pentatonic theme in Flute+Harp


    Faster:

    Impression of Dorian mode

    Perfect 5th Idea: ####a ####a1

    I Quaver
    V interjection rhythmic
    I in D#m, idea
    Whole tone interjection

    Wide range tessitura, shimmery sonority

    Timbral contrast: "Light through clouds"


    D# Drone
    X texture thins out even more, as will do in every subsequent rotation

    #####b

    G# implies IV?, stepwise modal harmonies like b.20

    Pizz 5ths Cb Feels like dominant E maj chord 1st inversion


    Similar to bar 19
    Entirely octatonic bar G#7
    ####a Fragements of pentatonic patterns, abrupt ending

    Harp harmonics: bell like sound, octave above written


    A1 in Ternary form

    Foghorn returns, but with darker orchestration

    G7 Chord Only F and G notes accompany

    Falling tritone motif


    WW only orchestation

    Different chords from B octatonic (C#7), change COLOUR

    Tremolo
    sur la touche: on the fingerboard, wispy sound

    Section corresponds to bars 43-50


    E7, falling tritone Foghorn expanded, fade out

    Last hearing of this expanded melody

    Texture becoming thinner, notes held longer

    E7 Continues, More static chords, similar to Rotation 1


    Rotation 5
    New harmonic colour, but still octatonic
    Expanded foghorn heard 2 part version of X transsferred to bass, darker, more fragmented orchestration
    for last time
    Very short, almost like a coda

    Only Second half of idea, continued in Vcl

    E7 (V7b) Continues Debussing fading out an idea: "Wave structure"

    Tremolo

    Reminder of Syncopated pentatonic Increasing disonance of G/B against F# and A#


    Decreasing dissonance as bass moves
    idea in 'B' section, low flute register
    up to B

    2x falling tritone in horn

    Dissonance disaapears, B-D in timps

    G7 tonally unstable, leaves harmonic uncertainty

    Slight Melodic variation Vcl 2 end of bar Pizz cadential motif answer to foghorn, now 3rd apart

    No real harmonic resolution: harmonically and tonally ends only way it could:
    repeated single pitch of B, same key centre as opening

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