Work : Three Contrasts for Two Clarinets
Composer : Marcus Blunt
Difficulty Ranking : IV
Publisher: Emerson Edition
Year Published : 1979
Instrumentation : 2 Bb Clarinets
Potential Pedagogical Applications : Phrase matching, dramatic dynamic shifts, beat displacement, intonation (octave, unison, interval), chromatic passage work
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Annotation: This relatively unknown work written in three movements, can be used to introduce students to a variety of formal structures, including the fugue (Movement 3). The writing in the fugue has many metric modulations, which can be challenging if the players are unfamiliar with the fugue subject. Playing the line together up to the first episode will help the players match articulation and phrasing and allow them to become more familiar with the line.