Overture
Andante
- slow intro
- forecasts horror ending with syncopation (rhythmic ambiguity) + chromaticism (tonal ambiguity)
Allegro (sonata form)
- Exposition
- P: T (D major); chromatic, fanfare (symbolizing aristocracy)
- T
- S: X (dominant); comical (DG chasing women)
- Development
- developing P & S (X)
- Imperfect Recapitulation
- P: T
- S: X (not in T! open-ended)
- continues to Act 1, Scene 1
Finale
Buffo finale - music & action without dry recitative (recitative with only basso continuo)
17-century sources regarding don Giovanni
Source | Genre Designation | Notes |
---|---|---|
Tirso de Molina, El burlador de Sevilla | spoken drama in three acts (jornadas) | counter-reformation |
Osorio, The Stone Guest | spoken drama | |
Petrucci | commedia dell’arte (CDA) scenarios | author of On the Art of Acting … |
Macchia The Striken-Down Atheist | commedia dell’arte (CDA) scenarios | Leporello = Arlecchino, Lazzi = slapstick |