Monday Musings

Look Before You Leap!

Let’s talk about leaps. Not of faith. Not even of logic. I mean the kind that appear all over vocal music: those glorious intervallic jumps of fourths, fifths, sixths, and beyond.

They’re thrilling. They’re expressive. And they’re everywhere.

Leaps abound in much of Mozart. Here from Le nozze di Figaro

Mozart practically thrives on them. You’ll find these …