Tonal Music Theory Examples
A Collection of Scores and Sound Files

by
Prof. Timothy Cutler
Cleveland Institute of Music

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Chapter 3: I, V, V⁷

Root-position tonic

TDa	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Smetana, String Quartet in e minor ("From my Life"), mvt. 1, mm. 1-17
TDb	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 5 in e minor, op. 64, mvt. 2, mm. 179-184
TDc	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Mozart, Mass in c minor, K. 427, Kyrie, mm. 6-9
TDd			.mov	Mahler, Symphony no. 1 in D Major, mvt. 4, last 20 measures (sound only)
TDe	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Wagner, Das Rheingold, Scene I, mm 1-25 (etc.)

I and V

TDf	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Johann Stamitz, Sinfonia in D Major, op. 3 no. 2, mvt. 1, mm. 1-13
TDg	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Brahms, Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 77, mvt. 1, mm. 1-8
TDh	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Weber, Overture to Euryanthe, mm. 1-8
TDi	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Chopin, Mazurka in C major, op. 24 no. 2, mm. 1-6
TDj	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Beethoven, String Quartet in c minor, op. 18 no. 4, mvt. 1, mm. 13-16
TDk	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Beethoven, Symphony no. 5 in c minor, op. 67, mvt. 1, mm. 483-502
TDl			.mov	Beethoven, Symphony no. 1 in C Major, op. 21, mvt. 4, mm. 289-304 (sound only)
TDm			.mov	Beethoven, Symphony no. 5 in c minor, op. 67. mvt. 4, mm. 404-444 (sound only)

V7

TDn	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Haydn, String Quartet in C major, op. 74 no. 1, movt. 1, mm. 1-6
TDo	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Schubert, Piano Sonata in D Major, D850, mvt. 3, mm. 1-8
TDp	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Beethoven, Symphony no. 2 in D Major, op. 36, mvt. 4, mm. 1-8
TDq			.mov	Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty Suite, op. 66a, mvt. 2, mm. 1-19 (sound only)
TDr	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Wagner, Parsifal, Prelude, mm. 105-113

I and V⁷

TDs	.swf	.pdf	.mov	J.S. Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049, mvt. 1, mm. 1-13
TDt	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 5 in F Major, op. 24 ("Spring"), mvt. 2, mm. 1-17
TDu	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Mozart, Piano Concerto in C Major, K. 467, mvt. 2, mm. 22-29
TDv	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Chopin, Etude in E Major, op. 10 no. 3, mm. 1-5
TDw	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Mozart, Violin Concerto no. 5 in A Major, K. 219, mvt. 1, mm. 46-54
TDx	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Mozart, Violin Concerto no. 5 in A major, K. 219, mvt. 3, mm. 359-365
TDy	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Mahler, Symphony no. 2 in c minor, mvt. 2, mm. 286-299
TDz	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 61, mvt. 1, mm. 77-103
TDa1	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Chopin, Berceuse, op. 57, mm. 1-15 (etc.)
TDb1	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Schubert, "Wiegenlied," D498, mm. 1-4 (V7 as half cadence–also see Schubert Symphony no. 8, mvt. 1, mm. 13-22)
TDc1	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Vivaldi, Concerto in F Major, op. 8 no. 3 ("Autumn"), mvt. 3, mm. 14-22 (unusual treatment of the seventh)
TDd1	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Beethoven, Piano Trio in c minor, op. 1 no. 3, mvt. 1, mm. 11-18
TDe1	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 17 in d minor, op. 31 no. 2, mvt. 3, mm. 1-8
TDf1	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Beethoven, Bagatelle in a minor, WoO 59 ("Für Elise"), mm. 1-8
TDg1	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Brahms, Symphony no. 4 in e minor, op. 98, mvt. 4, mm. 305-311
TDh1	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Verdi, Rigoletto, Act I, "Questa o quella," mm. 1-21
TDi1	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Verdi, La Traviata, Act III, mm. 129-137, "Addio del passato"

Virtuoso School (I and V⁷)

TDj1	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Chopin, Piano Concerto no. 1 in e minor, op. 11, mvt. 3, mm. 455-471
TDk1	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Paganini, Violin Concerto no. 2 in b minor, op. 7 ("La campanella"), mvt. 3, mm. 1-16
TDl1	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Wieniawski, Violin Concerto no. 1 in f-sharp minor, op. 14, mvt. 1, mm. 153-161
TDm1	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Wieniawski, Variations on an Original Theme, Var. III, mm. 1-8