The Clock Symphony Movement 2 Flashcards
What instrument was becoming more popular?
The clarinet.
What type of orchestra was this written for?
A later classical orchestra.
How were the brass instruments different back then?
They were natural.
How would you change the key on the brass instruments?
Different crooks were added.
What are the three transposing instruments in the movement and in what key are they?
- Clarinets in A.
- Trumpets in C.
- Horns in G.
How many movements does the Clock symphony have?
What is this typical of?
Four.
A symphony.
Compared to the speed of the first movement, what movement is it?
The slow movement.
What key (within the whole symphony) is this movement in?
The subdominant.
G major.
What is the feature in the second movement that makes Symphony No. 101 known as the Clock Symphony?
A ‘ticking pattern that continues through most of the movement.
What note value is each ‘tick’?
A quaver beat.
What occasionally happens to the ‘tick’?
It will stop for a few bard but always comes back again.
How many notes does the ticking usually occur between (not always!)?
2, sometimes a different pattern is played.
Usually the ticking is played by the bassoons, second violins, cellos and double basses. In what bar does the flute take over, accompanied by the bassoon?
63 and again in 86.
When the strings have the ticking, how is it played.
Pizzicato.
When the woodwind have the ticking, and the strings are playing con arco, how are the marked?
Staccato.
