Mozart Clarinet Concerto Basic

Question 1

Instrumentation

Answer 1

-Strings accompany in chords texture
-Clarinet in a pitches A minor
-Horns often play in octaves

Question 2

Melody

Answer 2

-Large pitch range over 2 octaves
-Second episode has a passage of spectacular clarinet leaps
-Contrasted with the chromaticism of strings

Question 3

Rhythm, Tempo and Metre

Answer 3

-Allegro throughout
-Hermiola used to bring excitement to the end
-Long short Rhythm
- 3 semiquaver anacrusis

Question 4

Texture

Answer 4

-Primarily melody and accompaniment
-Immiative texture and used occasionally to develop melodic material

Question 5

Structure

Answer 5

-rondo structure
-ABACA
-Period phrases 4 bar long
-Theme constructive of antecedents and consequences

Question 6

Tonality and Harmony

Answer 6

-A major
-CHromatic harmony in first half
-2nd episode begins with relative minor