The La
Sonnambula fantasy, unlike the Don Juan, Norma, and
Robert
le Diable fantasies (which were also composed by
Franz Liszt), have slightly more areas of modula-
tions
of key center. The possible reason that Liszt focuses more
on
key center in the Sonnambula fantasy was to reflect the dream
inside
Amina, the sleepwalker, who falls asleep and is discovered
by
the villagers in the bedroom in the "Osservate" aria. Not only
that,
he also uses the key center to portray a continued spell
Amina
carries during the "Tutto è sciolto" passage.
Major Key Centers in
Liszt's Grand Fantasy on "La
Sonnambula"
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A. Osservate
1. Beginning part Db, Ab, Db
2. Middle part Bb, Dbm, E, C, A,
C#m
3. Ending part Db, Bbm, Db
B. Tutto è sciolto; Pasci il guardo
1. Beginning part(Tutto è sciolto) Bbm, Db; Bbm, Db
2. Middle part #1(Pasci il guardo) A
3. Middle part #2(Pasci il guardo, reprise) Dm: D, Em,
D
C. Osservate--Reprise
1. Reprise Db, Bbm, Ebm
2. Cadenza V7 of Eb
D. Ah, non giunge
1. First part Eb, Cm, G, Eb
2. Second part(reprise with trill in r.h.) Eb, Cm, G, B, Eb, Cm,
V7 of Eb
3. Third part(second reprise with trill) Eb, E, V7 of Bb
E. Voglia un cielo
1. First part Eb, Cm, F, Cm,
Eb
2. Second part(reprise) Eb, Cm, F, Cm, Eb
3. Coda Eb, Cb,
Abm, Eb(done
twice)
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Note that
the Ah! non giunge aria comes when Amina's "dream
spell" is broken and Amina gets reunited with her
rightful lover.
Bellini tends to use the B-flat key in the original
opera score
occasionally, especially in the Ah! non giunge. Liszt,
however,
uses E-flat major for the aria (perhaps, to Liszt,
E-flat major
is perceived as a brighter flatted key than B-flat)as
an ending
for the fantasy.
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