Tonal Music Theory Examples
A Collection of Scores and Sound Files

by
Prof. Timothy Cutler
Cleveland Institute of Music

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Chapter 6: IV, II and II⁶

II and II⁶

42a	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 2 in A Major, op. 12 no. 2, mvt. 3 mm. 341-350
42b	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Chopin, Waltz in G-flat Major, op. 70 no. 1, mm. 33-48
42c	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Berward, Violin Concerto in c-sharp minor, mvt. 1, mm. 170-178
42d	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Liszt, Concert Etude no. 3 in D-flat Major, mm. 73-79

5-6 progressions

42e	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Vivaldi, Violin Concerto in f minor, op. 8 no. 4 ("Winter"), mvt. 2, mm. 11-14
42f	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Corelli, Concerto Grosso in D Major, op. 6 no. 1, mvt. 3, mm. 36-39
42g	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Mozart, Symphony no. 35 in D Major, K. 385, mvt. 3, mm. 1-8 (also contains a "V-IV" succession)

Plagal progressions and cadences

42h	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Handel, Messiah no. 42 ("Hallelujah"), mm. 85-94
42i	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Beethoven, Missa Solemnis, op. 123, Gloria, mm. 546-569
42j	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Liszt, Piano Concerto no. 1 in E-flat major, mvt. 3, mm. 153-162
42k	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Puccini, Turandot, Act III, mm. 90-100
42l	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Handel, Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in A Major, op. 1 no. 14, mvt. 4, mm. 1-8
42m	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Beethoven, Piano Sonata in f minor, op. 57, mvt. 2, mm. 1-8
42n	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Chopin, Prelude in c-sharp minor, op. 28 no. 10, mm. 1-6
42o	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Schumann, Cello Concerto in a minor, op. 129, mvt. 1, mm. 1-6
42p	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Franck, Symphony in d minor, mvt. 2, mm. 1-5
42q	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Mendelssohn, Piano Concerto no. 1 in g minor, op. 25, mvt. 1, mm. 238-247
42r	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Verdi, Otello, Act IV, mm. 61-67
42s	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Dvorak, Cello Concerto in b minor, op. 104, mvt. 2, mm.14-21
(Also see plagal progressions and cadences in the mixture chapter)

Beginning on IV

42t	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Schumann, Myrthen, op. 25 no. 3, "Der Nussbaum", mm. 1-6
42u	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 4 in G Major, op. 58, mvt. 3, mm. 1-20
42v	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Brahms, Piano Concerto no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 83, mvt. 4, mm. 1-8

"V-IV"

42w	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Berwald, Violin Concerto in c-sharp minor, mvt. 1, mm. 1-3
42x	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Brahms, Intermezzo in E-flat major, op. 117 no. 1, mm. 52-57
42y	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Brahms, Violin Sonata no. 2 in A Major, op. 100, mvt. 2, mm. 85-93
42z	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Chopin, Prelude in A-flat Major, op. 28 no. 17, mm. 1-18
42a1	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Puccini, Turandot, Act III, mm. 75-83
42b1	.swf	.pdf	.mov	Debussy, Prelude, Book I no. 8 ("Le fille aux cheveux de lin"), mm. 24-29