Poulenc: Sonata for Trumpet, Horn and Trombone
Answers to Score Work
3. A is the start; B is 26; A is end of 57.
4) 8 is D major; 17 is G major; 25 is G minor; 26 is Eb major; 40 is Bb major; 47 is F major
5) No! (Evidence that it is a modern piece!)
6) That the horns are transposing instruments. When they read a C, we hear an F a 5 th below. It’s first note
here is a B.
7) Legato (smooth); Contains quite a lot of leaps; 2x2 bar phrases; diatonic; Still quite triadic (based around
the notes of the Eb triad)
8) Minims only; accented and slightly detached; very disjunct – huge leaps – initial 2 octave leap down from
G-G.
9) F7 – which will lead the music into Bb major at 40, (F7 is the dominant!)
10) Quite virtuosic (’showy’!) – like a cadenza in romantic music (a solo section in a larger work where the
soloist can show off their technique)
11) Off-beat – in trumpet. Oom-pah between trombone bass and trumpet. Detached rhythms in the horn.
12) 50 is a repeat of 48, without the slur (different articulation), wheras 51 is a different ending to 49 – 5
quavers descending instead of 6 quavers in 49.
13) A slide / glissando (modern!)
14) Descending / chromatic movement. Quite high
15) imitation – horn imitates the trumpet.
16) octaves (rather than homophonic – no chords playing here – very bare). Homorhythm (same rhythm)
Poulenc: Sonata for Trumpet, Horn and Trombone
Answers to Score Work
3. A is the start; B is 26; A is end of 57.
4) 8 is D major; 17 is G major; 25 is G minor; 26 is Eb major; 40 is Bb major; 47 is F major
5) No! (Evidence that it is a modern piece!)
6) That the horns are transposing instruments. When they read a C, we hear an F a 5 th below. It’s first note
here is a B.
7) Legato (smooth); Contains quite a lot of leaps; 2x2 bar phrases; diatonic; Still quite triadic (based around
the notes of the Eb triad)
8) Minims only; accented and slightly detached; very disjunct – huge leaps – initial 2 octave leap down from
G-G.
9) F7 – which will lead the music into Bb major at 40, (F7 is the dominant!)
10) Quite virtuosic (’showy’!) – like a cadenza in romantic music (a solo section in a larger work where the
soloist can show off their technique)
11) Off-beat – in trumpet. Oom-pah between trombone bass and trumpet. Detached rhythms in the horn.
12) 50 is a repeat of 48, without the slur (different articulation), wheras 51 is a different ending to 49 – 5
quavers descending instead of 6 quavers in 49.
13) A slide / glissando (modern!)
14) Descending / chromatic movement. Quite high
15) imitation – horn imitates the trumpet.
16) octaves (rather than homophonic – no chords playing here – very bare). Homorhythm (same rhythm)