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GCSE Music

Mozart Clarinet Concerto - Timbre and Texture

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Timbre - Sonority This concerto is scored for a reduced classical orchestra, including 2 flutes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in A, solo clarinet, 1st violins, 2nd violins, violas and cellos and double basses.
Transposing instruments - Sonority (timbre/instrumentation) The horns and clarinet are 'in A'. Meaning written pitch=C sounding pitch = A. So, the horns and clarinet sound a minor 3rd lower. They have a different key signature. The horns and clarinet have a key signature of C major, but tonality is A major).
Role of the woodwind instruments - Sonority (timbre/instrumentation) The clarinet is the soloist & plays the melody. Mozart writes difficult clarinet melodies. Mozart uses all three registers - low/chalumeau, middle/clarino and high/altissimo. Flutes play play or double the melody. The bassoons fill out the harmonies.
Role of the brass instruments - Sonority (timbre/instrumentation) The horns fill out the harmonies. The horns sometimes play pedal notes. The horn is limited to the notes of the harmonic series. And can't play melodies easily.
Role of the string instruments (1st Violins)- Sonority (timbre/instrumentation) 1st violins play melody, when the soloist isn't. Or, provide harmonic support and accompaniment. The 1st violins sometimes play in thirds with the clarinet or 2nd violins.
Role of the string instruments - Sonority (timbre/instrumentation) The violas provide harmonic support and mainly play the accompaniment. The cellos and double basses provide harmonic support. The cellos and double basses sometimes play pedal notes.
Role of the string instruments (2nd Violins) - Sonority (timbre/instrumentation) The 2nd violins provide harmonic support and mainly play the accompaniment. The 2nd violins sometimes play the melody instead of the 1st violins.
Texture as a whole On the whole, the texture is melody and accompaniment. There are alternations between lighter/reduced texture and tutti orchestrations.
Section A - Texture The texture is melody and accompaniment. Mozart occasionally uses parallel 3rds (e.g. between 1st and 2nd violins).
Section B - Texture Overall, the texture is melody and accompaniment.The texture at the start of Section B is much lighter than end of previous section. Mozart creates textural variety with some subtle use of polyphony. E.g. the clarinet melody is imitated in the violins.
Section C - Texture *The texture is melody and accompaniment. This section features antiphony between (low register) clarinet and strings.
Coda - Texture The texture is melody and accompaniment. Mozart occasionally uses parallel 3rds (e.g. between clarinet and 1st violins).
Created by: JAM10
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