Klarinet Archive - Posting 000094.txt from 2005/01

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] RE: Klocker
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 15:44:11 -0500

Interesting. Is there a particular reason why the Eingang is shorter?
Is it simply because the distance to travel in harmonic space is less or
is there any other reason?

dnleeson wrote:

>On the contrary, Joe, you are quite right. The only thing I can
>add is that the purpose of each of those two clichés is quite
>different. A Cadenza is presented to eliminate the stress caused
>by having a tonic chord in the second inversion stuck in your
>nose. That is a very unstable chord when the 5th is in the bass.
>Such a chord must be resolved and that is what the Cadenza does,
>though it does it by invention using many of the themes that have
>been presented. So its technical purpose is one of resolving an
>unstable situtation, and to do so imaginately, ending up on a
>dominant 7th that resolves the instability. The Eingang, is
>short, heard on a dominant 7th chord, and permits a brief
>improvisation of no more than a dozen notes that lead to the 2nd
>or the 7th of the scale, which is perfect to resolve the
>unresolved 7th chord and takes the audience to the tonic.
>
>Dan Leeson
>DNLeeson@-----.net
>
>

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