Standchen by Shubert and baroque piece Fuga II Comparison

Pitch is the attribute that enable us to determine the highness or lowness of a sound. The music idea of subject is applied in which one subject is stated by one voice. The subject is presented in a high-pitched range, goes to medium pitched range and ends with a low-pitched range. The same sequence of note is repeated for different ranges. After the first voice of high-pitched range, there is continued introduction of voice by voice to at least three or four different voices being played continually (Bellman, 2017). This is followed by entry of a dominant relative major or minor which requires the subject of the fugue to receive a tonal answer. The harmonic structure in this case is not limited to overall structure.

Duration is the amount of time which an event lasts. The duration of Fuga II is almost three and a quarter minutes (Sapieva et al. standchen by Shubert  The piece is made up of low-range pitch which heightens to some medium-range so as to create a romantic impression by creating a tone that evokes emotions. Fuga lies in the periods of baroque Era while the standchen lies in the classical and romantic era, with the Romantic Era having longer durations as compared to the Baroque. The notable similarity is the use of non-havoc harmonic structure (Zhou, 2017). Works cited Bellman, Jonathan. "Nineteenth-Century Piano Music: Essays in Performance and Analysis. " Notes 55. Sapieva, Maira, et al. "Piano music by Kazakh composers at the turn of the century.