- Unusual combination of performing forces in the work
- Wide range of performance techniques:
- Pizzicato/arco (violin)
- Mute on and off (violin)
- Rapid contrasts of articulation and dynamics (all instruments)
- Spread chords in both directions (piano)
- Frequent use of isolated notes - hence pointillism
- Klangfarbenmelodie (sound colour melody) with melody line split between instruments. E.g. Comparing orginal prime statement bars 6-10 on tenor sax with restatement starting at bar 28:
- Bar 28: Clarinet C# - E
- Bars 29-30: Violin F - D; clarinet D# - B
- Bars 30-31: Tenor sax Bb-A-G#
- Bar 32: Violin F#-C-G
- Contrapuntal texture with mirror cannons
Texture intensifies at climax in the development - more overlapping
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