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INTRODUCTION
Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade No. 13 was composed in Vienna in the year 1787. The composition was made for a chamber ensemble by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The piece is played in (G major) initially, was first given a German title serenade that can be interpreted to mean little night music.

The music plays with a slow tempo and 78 beats per minute. The uniqueness of the music is that it uses strings only. The instruments used are two violins, viola, and a cello. In most cases, it has the option of double bass (Kramer, 1995).

This piece of music has distinct features. First, the symphony has a range of correlated mood effects resonating from the voices it produces. Firstly, it has an alluring atmosphere that captures the attention and concentration of the listener gluing them to continue listening. This is so especially in the very first minute of its arrangement. Secondly, it contains

Very bold and bright mood. This is seen from its concise notes that sway around G major giving that soothing and elegant effect. As it plays, one cannot help to note the animated mood that seems like a full orchestra. It is also bright in the sense that, it opens the eyes of a listener and puts them in the context of the composer. While the instruments vibrate, it creates a dramatic image of an ensemble in a chamber. Besides this, it employs a classical range of dynamics that helps to portray the intelligence in the music. According to classical music analysts, the Serenade has a romantic mood towards the end where the instruments increase the tone, and the temple goes up matching that of a heart beat making it vibrant. At some point, it becomes sophisticated in the manner the chords are played blending to form a complete piece of art. . It is also majestic as it stands out as one of its own. Its boldness cannot be overlooked. This is as a result of its inspiring and soft tone that can be termed to be retro as well. It creates an aura of thoughtfulness with a sense of enchantment.
Serenade 13 has the features of The Classical Period (1750-1830) (Kramer, 1995)
This piece of Mozart’s Symphony is a typical classical characterized by; Balanced phrases and a simple texture. The music is played with a range of wind instruments and a piano. Most of Mozart’s Symphony is in Sonata form consisting of Exposition and development. Under Exposition there are central themes. The first theme is always in the home key. (In this instance it is G major.
The second subject contrasts with the first and is related key to the first. (In this instance it is D Major, which is the dominant major of key G).
Secondly, Development comes in where the Mozart develops ideas that are in the exposition.
The development section features various keys combining the tonic or the dominant. (In this symphony it moves through different keys but starts in D#. Music in this section is indefinite and is always changing and feels restless because of the exploration of different keys.
Recapitulation runs through the exposition.
The first theme is explicit in the tonic key of G Major just as it appears in the exposition section. The second theme is also in the tonic key and there is adverse modulation as the work draws to a stop.
Finally, the work finishes with a coda.
Mozart uses balanced phrases with a range of 4 to 8 bars. This makes the voices come out as if it is an inquisitive dialog of well-arranged chords.
There are distinctive pedal tones in some part before the beginning of the second theme begins.
It has a very fast tempo in some parts especially the crescendo.
Simple rhythms and occasional use of dotted rhythms and syncopation create momentum and add interest (Slatkin, 2009).
The music has a homophonic texture with instances imitation and doubling of octaves. This is where different parts are playing the same thing but on a higher note creating a blend of between wind and strings instruments.
In the exposition, the first subject is quiet (apart from a short passage in the middle).
The second theme begins quietly and gets louder towards the end.
In the development, there is a section in the middle but it starts and ends quickly.
The recapitulation has analogous dynamics just like the exposition.

Most dynamics is occurring rapidly, and there are only a few crescendos and no diminuendos.
Instrumentation

Serenade 13 is played by an assembly of an orchestra made up of strings. The strings are engaged

Most of the time and are playing a variety of things such as the melody, running scales, sustaining notes and chords. The orchestra lacks the woodwind instruments. Therefore the strings alone are left to give the desired voices and in the right arrangement while producing the sweet melody that soothes the listener. (Slatkin, 2009).
The piece has the following the elements of music. These are, analyzing this piece of art, and we will consider the four elements of music; duration, dynamic, harmony, melody, structure and texture. Timbre
DURATION
The time for each note is
HARMONY
Harmonically the music stays in the key of G major, which is one thing that echoes through the entire piece All the chords are a mixture of triads such as B flats resonating with D and later to G sharp which is the dominant key however quite a number of them are a creative blending of some slash chords with different overtones the notes are very common in opera as observed in most orchestra. This part of music is the totality of several instruments played by experts to bring out such a soothing and moving piece of music. The instruments include violins whose chords are voiced between other instruments this piece is a lot more creative owing to the time it was composed. The entire orchestra creates wide chord voicings that no single piano could produce. An impact of the violins can probably be heard best in the first verse. The whole piece is and arranged. The work has four movements namely allegro, andante, Allegretto, and Rondo. In the music, the first movement is a sonata in the form of Allegro. It skilfully opens in D the dominant key of G major. In addition to this, it opens with an ascending tone. The second theme is more polished and in D major the dominant key in G major. The exposition winds in D major in a repetitive nature. The development point begins in D major revolves around D minor goes to C major before returning to G major for the recapitulation. The second movement can be termed as Romanze with a tempo of Andante it starts in C major the voices create a feeling of intimacy and tenderness that remains throughout this movement. The rondo movement moves the key to C major and C minor. The middle part is, consisting of only the first half of the theme. According to Heartz, the movement evokes gavotte rhythm in each of its sections beginning at the middle of the measure (Slatkin, 2009). It has a double upbeat. The third movement is an Allegretto playing as a minuet and a trio. The two movements are in 3/4 time. The minuet plays in the home key (G major), a different approach in trio in the principal key D major. Nevertheless, the minuet is played again following the trio. The fourth and last movement is in lively tempo, distinct Allegro; the key is again G major. Repeats are specified not just for the exposition section but also for the following development and recapitulation section. The work ends with an extended coda (Slatkin, 2009).

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