The Study and Application of Rhythmic Analysis for Wind Band ...

Example 12.5 /., mm. 51-53. Shift of metric emphasis with motive in the third theme.51Example 12.6 /., mm. 78-79, 89. Motives in the final theme of the first movement.The second movement of the symphony has two main themes.Both of thesethemes use the same shift of metric emphasis seen in the first movement. The firsttheme, stated initially in cannon by cornet and alto saxophone soloists, begins with anoutline of the rhythmic pattern seen previously, but the second measure shows a full fivenoterhythmic motive that, when stated at the same time as the canonic entrance of thesecond voice, demonstrates the theme's rhythmic connectivity to the previous material(Example 12.7). The second theme begins in measure 49, marked "Fast and gay." Thistheme uses a variation of the four-note motive from organic material, adding subdivisionsto the first two notes of the motive (Example 12.8).Its use here lends itself to rhythmicemphasis on both the second and fourth beats, creating a sort of backbeat feel.