performance and handling Flashcards
1
Q
instruments
A
he uses an unusual combination of instruments
for example he uses trumpets, cornets and trombones
2
Q
horns
A
1st and 2nd horns sound an octave lower than written
3rd in F
4th in E
3
Q
cor anglais
A
sounds down a perfect 5th
4
Q
picolo
A
sounds an octave higher
5
Q
violas
A
are divided at opening to enable the lower part to play open string drones and the upper has the melody
6
Q
at the allegretto
A
the violins and cellos play pizzicato with double stopping, in the second violin
7
Q
clarinets
A
uses the (low) chamumeaux register with broken chord figures at b 48
8
Q
arco
A
strings return to arco in b 53
9
Q
final sections
A
strings play with mutes
con sordini
10
Q
solo viola
A
doesn’t play until b 65 where it plays the idee fixe with konger ntoe values
