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Downloadable Finale Files for Use in Finding Phrase Extensions

 

From the Lecture Notes

• Example 8: Mozart String Quartet K. 499, iii

From the Burkhart Anthology

• Mozart, Piano Sonata in B-flat, K. 333, i, mm. 1-10
• Beethoven, Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1, iii, mm. 1-14
• Beethoven, Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 13, iii, mm. 1-17
• Mendelssohn, Song without Words Op. 19, No. 1, mm. 1-15
• Chopin, Prelude in B minor, Op. 28, No. 6

From Gene Biringer's Examples of Phrase Extension and Elision

Phrase extension I (easy)

Preliminary "extension"

• Haydn, Symphony no. 101 in D major, I, mm. 23-33

Extension in course

• Chorale of St. Anthony, mm. 1-10
• Haydn, Symphony no. 101, II, mm. 2-10
  (the 1-bar intro lays outside the period)
• Mozart, Quintet for horn and strings, K. 408, II, mm. 1-18

Pre-cadential extension

• Mozart, Piano Sonata in A major, K. 331, I, mm. 13-18
• Mozart, Cavatina: "Se vuol ballare" (Le nozze di Figaro, Act I)
• Mozart, Duet: "Là ci darem la mano" (Don Giovanni, Act I)

Post-cadential extension

• Mozart, Piano Sonata in C major, K. 330, III, mm. 1-20
  

Phrase elision and overlap (easy)

• Haydn, Piano Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI/35, II, mm. 1-5
• Haydn, Symphony no. 104 in D major, I, mm. 1-16
• Chorale of St. Anthony, mm. 11-29
• Chopin, Nocturne in C-sharp minor, op. 27, no. 1, mm. 3-7
  (follows 2-bar intro; excerpt also features pre-cadential ext.)
• Chopin, Valse in B minor, op. 69, no. 2, mm. 1-9
  (also features an extension in course)

Phrase extension II (more difficult)

Extension in course

• Mozart, Aria: "Dies Bildniss ist bezaubernd schön"(Die Zauberflöte, Act I)
• Mozart, Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550, III, mm. 1-14
  (NB: three-bar phrases in antecedent)
• Schubert, Symphony no. 9 in C major, op. posth., I, mm. 1-16
• Mendelssohn, Song without Words in E-flat major, op. 30, no. 1
  (follows a one-bar intro)

Pre-cadential extension

• Chopin, Nocturne in B-flat minor, op. 9, no. 1, mm. 1-18
• Mozart, Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581, II, mm. 1-20
  (NB: extension in-course in the 5-bar phrase in mm. 5-9)
• Mendelssohn, Song without Words in E-flat major, op. 53, no. 2
  (follows 1-bar intro; also has extension in-course)
  

More complex examples: extension and elision

• Mozart, String Quintet in G minor, K. 516, II (Minuet), mm. 1-13
  (elision gives rise to phrase extension)
• Mozart, Symphony no. 41 in C major, K. 551, II, mm. 1-11
• Mozart, Piano Concerto in D minor, K. 466, III, mm. 1-13