Gerald Barry - Piano Quartet No. 1

Question 1

Instruments

Answer 1

Quartet: Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano

Question 2

Era

Answer 2

20th Century contemporary work

Question 3

Form

Answer 3

Unusual Rondo Form (18 Sections)

Question 4

Themes

Answer 4

8 different themes total
4 appear once
4 appear multiple times

BCDE appear multiple times

Question 5

Tonality

Answer 5

Mainly atonal. Some sections have a tonal reference

Question 6

Chamber work

Answer 6

Quartet for 4 instruments

Question 7

Techniques

Answer 7

Open String
Harmonics
Hand Clusters
Detache
Senza vibrato
Double stopping
Espressivo

Question 8

Open strings

Answer 8

String is not stopped by putting finger on fingerboard

Question 9

Harmonics

Answer 9

Lightly touching string to achieve a delicate, wispy sound

Question 10

Hand Clusters

Answer 10

Simultaneously playing all the notes between 2 indicated notes

Question 11

Detache

Answer 11

Detached, separate bow for each note

Question 12

Senza Vibrato

Answer 12

Without vibrato

Question 13

Double stopping

Answer 13

Playing 2 notes simultaneously on a string instrument

Question 14

Espressivo

Answer 14

With expression

Question 15

Features

Answer 15

Canon
Retrograde
Wedging
Inversion
Splicing

Question 16

Canon

Answer 16

Melody imitated by 1 or more parts at a fixed distance.
eg. 4 part canon at the inversion of Si Bheag Si Mhor

Question 17

Retrograde

Answer 17

Melody is played backwards

Question 18

Wedging

Answer 18

Stretching original interval further apart

Question 19

Inversion

Answer 19

Turning a melody upside down

Question 20

Splicing

Answer 20

Making the original intervals smaller

Question 21

20th Century Features

Answer 21

• Changing Time Signatures
• Atonality
• Tempo Change indicated by metronome mark

Question 22

Compositional Features

Answer 22

• Canon
• Inversion
• Wedging