Requiem Mass in D Minor- Lacrimosa by Wolfgang Mozart and Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Franz Liszt

This song is Requiem Mass in D Minor- Lacrimosa, by Wolfgang Mozart. The era it is is classical. It's musical elements and structure is as follows:

Melody: The song is mostly conjunct, moving step-wise. The range is fairly large, particularly when the female voice starts low and builds up during the chorus, slowly going higher and higher.

Pitch: The entire song is in D Minor. 

Rhythm: The song mostly remains at a consistent tempo throughout. It is at a moderate pace throughout the whole piece. 

Timbre: The instruments in this song seem to be violin, male and female voices, flute, and clarinet. The tone of the piece is dramatic throughout, and it builds tension as the piece goes on. 

Texture: There is an ostinato with the violins in the background throughout the whole song. It seems to be polyphonic, as there are multiple parts for the voices, but they harmonize with each other. 

Dynamics: The song begins at piano and quickly crescendos to the end of the first phrase. The voices remain at piano. throughout the song, the quietest it reaches sounds like pianissimo, and the loudest it reaches sounds like forte. The song ends on a crescendo.

 

This song is Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C# Minor, by Franz Liszt. The era it is is romantic. It's musical elements and structure is as follows:
Melody: The song is very disjunct, and has a large range throughout.
Pitch: The entire song is in C# Minor.
Rhythm: The tempo in the beginning is slower, and gets faster at the parts in the song that are more whimsical. At about 5:00 minutes in, the song speeds up, then slows down. However the song is at rather fast at about 6:00 minutes in, when the tone changes to make it much more vibrant and lively. At 8:00 minutes in, the song is at it's fastest.
Timbre: The instrument in this song is a piano. The tone is dark and mysterious at first, but gets rather whimsical at about 2:10 minutes in, then reverts back to dark and ominous rather quickly. The piece seems to contrast itself in many ways. At 6:00 minutes in, the song becomes light and airy and overall happy. At 8:00 minutes, the piece gets rather frantic, moving extremely quickly.
Texture: The piece seems to be monophonic, as it has one main melody accompanied by a harmony in the background.
Dynamics: There are accents above a few notes in the first few measures. The piece starts off as piano, then with the few dynamics eventually remains at piano. There seem to be crescendos at different points in the piece, particularly when it so drastically changes it's tone. At 8:45, there is a decrescendo as the song begins to come to it's end. The song ends with the dynamic of piano, and the only time the song is forte is at the parts that seem frantic and where the tone changes, such at 6:00 and 8:00 minutes in.

Similarities and Differences Between the Two:
Both pieces are in a Minor key, though the Rhapsody is in C#, and the Requiem is in D. The Liszt piece makes much more use out of dynamics and range than the Mozart piece, despite only using one instrument whereas the Mozart piece has far more. The Mozart piece is far more disjunct, jumping around, while the Mozart piece tends to go step-wise, making it more conjunct. The difference between the two eras is very prominent and evident.