| Section |
Measure #'s |
Harmonic Characteristics |
Rhythmic Textural Characteristics (piano) |
| Introduction |
1
- 14 |
Chromatic
(ascent) |
triplet
8ths [general alarms] |
| A1 |
15
- 22 |
Chromatic
to F#7 |
triplet
texture [crowd] |
| Refrain
1 |
23
- 26 |
Tonal:
Em - Bm under B Pedal; cadence m. 26 on F# |
tremolo
on B pedal [firebell] |
| B1 |
27
- 34 |
quasi-tonal:
piano ascends to m. 35 |
contrary
outwards motion; two 8th block chords, separated by triplet 16ths Fire Rider's theme |
| A2 |
35
- 42 |
Chromatic
to F#7 |
'Crowd'
texture combined with 'Fire Rider' texture |
| Refrain
2 |
43
- 46 |
Tonal:
Em - Bm under B pedal; cadence m. 46 on F# |
tremolo
on B pedal [firebell] |
| C1 |
47
- 54 |
Tonal:
D - A |
repeated
8ths, block chords |
| 55
- 62 |
increasingly
chromatic; harmonies become contorted as text describes horror and Devil's conjuring; wild climax! |
repeated
8th block chords, to outwards chromatic contrary motion |
|
| Refrain
3 |
63
- 70 |
Chromatic!! Fire and/or Devil 'rages in the mill'. |
dotted
eighth to sixteenth; descent at m. 67 - 70 |
| B2 |
71
- 83 |
Tonal:
dm - A Fire Rider's fate revealed; mill collapses |
dotted
eighth to sixteenth; outward contrary motion (2 legs) |
| A3 |
84
- 91 |
Chromatic
to F# |
"crowd"
texture |
| Refrain
4 |
92
- 102 |
Tonal:
Em - Bm under B pedal; cadence m. 102 on F# |
straight
8ths on B pedal; extended firebell alarm |
| C2 |
103
- 110 |
Tonal:
D - A new melody |
8th
block chords |
| 111
- 120 |
Chromatic
to F# mill encounter aftermath |
dotted
rhythms |
|
| Refrain
5 |
121
- 130 |
Tonal: m. 121 - 124 Em - Bm under B pedal; m. 125 - 130 Bm - Em under F# pedal; normative progression is reversed; while Bm is final sustained chord, F# is final sounding sonority |
half-note
block chords; rhythmic density decreased to end of piece music fades, like 'ashes', into nothingness, dreams, cold bones; recall of the firebell |