The Clarinet’s development in the Sonata
A Sonata is a composition written for one or two instruments that has three or four large movements that are different from each other in rhythm and mood. The Sonata originates from Latin and Italian which means “to sound”. Throughout the Baroque period the Sonata was for one or two instruments almost always with continuo. After the Baroque period most works designated as sonatas specifically are performed by a solo instrument, a piano, or by a solo instrument accompanied by a piano. The word “sonata” was first used in solo piano music at the end of the seventeenth century. Most first movements of Classical sonatas are in sonata form, and they are usually fast. The second movement commonly provides the contrast of a slower tempo and the last movement in most cases is again fast. Simple ternary form and variation form are among the most common patterns for the slow movement as well as …show more content…
The clarinet introduces a simple descending theme decorated with turns. The B section is characterized by faster rhythmic and harmonic motion. The piano plays sixteenth notes outlining the harmonies while the clarinet continues playing a slurred melody. The clarinet gets a chance to play the sixteenth notes that the piano had before the modulation to E major.
Allegretto grazioso(also in A-flat major, in 3/4 time)
The third movement is also in ternary form. The A section consists of an eight bar melody played by the clarinet, and then traded off to the piano with the clarinet lending supporting lines. The piano takes up a descending line syncopated between the two hands while the clarinet adds a low supporting line confined within the space of a minor third. Another repeated section lets the clarinet play the descending melody. After the repeat, the melody from the A section returns and ends the movement.
Vivace(in F major, alla
A Sonata is a composition written for one or two instruments that has three or four large movements that are different from each other in rhythm and mood. The Sonata originates from Latin and Italian which means “to sound”. Throughout the Baroque period the Sonata was for one or two instruments almost always with continuo. After the Baroque period most works designated as sonatas specifically are performed by a solo instrument, a piano, or by a solo instrument accompanied by a piano. The word “sonata” was first used in solo piano music at the end of the seventeenth century. Most first movements of Classical sonatas are in sonata form, and they are usually fast. The second movement commonly provides the contrast of a slower tempo and the last movement in most cases is again fast. Simple ternary form and variation form are among the most common patterns for the slow movement as well as …show more content…
The clarinet introduces a simple descending theme decorated with turns. The B section is characterized by faster rhythmic and harmonic motion. The piano plays sixteenth notes outlining the harmonies while the clarinet continues playing a slurred melody. The clarinet gets a chance to play the sixteenth notes that the piano had before the modulation to E major.
Allegretto grazioso(also in A-flat major, in 3/4 time)
The third movement is also in ternary form. The A section consists of an eight bar melody played by the clarinet, and then traded off to the piano with the clarinet lending supporting lines. The piano takes up a descending line syncopated between the two hands while the clarinet adds a low supporting line confined within the space of a minor third. Another repeated section lets the clarinet play the descending melody. After the repeat, the melody from the A section returns and ends the movement.
Vivace(in F major, alla