Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Bass Clarinet,Bassoon,Flute,Oboe - Level 5 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1169176
By Franklyn Grace. By Franklyn Grace. Chamber,Contemporary. 39 pages. Franklyn Grace Creative Arts #769302. Published by Franklyn Grace Creative Arts (A0.1169176).
The Girl In the Green Bandanna is a contemporary woodwind quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, and bassoon. It is based upon the classical Rondo Form, with this particular pattern of the form being ABACBA. These six sections that comprise the piece all focus in some capacity on two individual themes: the first, slower theme of the A Section and the contrastingly more lively theme that follows immediately afterward in the B Section.
Below is a theoretical analysis of the parts and how they each have their own unique nod, whether big or small, to these two main themes.
A1 (mm. 1-9): The opening section of the piece, which introduces Theme 1.
B1 (mm. 10-22): Directly following the opening, this section introduces Theme 2.
A2 (mm. 23-58): After a brief interlude from the bassoon part, the main motif from Theme 1 returns, presented as motivic manipulation in the clarinet part of this section, underneath the flute melody.
C (mm. 59-123): A new, more jaunty section not yet heard in the piece, though which still contains occasional traces of the main motif from Theme 2.
B2 (mm. 124-144): Theme 2 in a modulated key and with a more majestic energy. Here, the two themes merge together momentarily, as Theme 1 can be heard briefly in the Clarinet part during the first eight measures of this section, much akin to A2.
A3 (mm. 145-149): The outro of the piece, which is a polytonal rendering of the modulated key from B2 and the original opening key.
