Clarinet Sonata (Saint-Saëns)
The Clarinet Sonata in E flat major op. 167 by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns was written in 1921 and is therefore one of his last works.
Emergence
Saint-Saëns wrote the Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in E flat major, Op. 167 (French: Sonate pour clarinette avec accompagnement de piano) in May to June 1921 for Auguste Périer, principal clarinetist at the Opéra-Comique and professor at the Paris Conservatory . It was composed at the same time as the oboe sonata in D major op.166 and the bassoon sonata in G major op.168 . Although the sonata was written in the early twenties, it contains almost no influences from modern music. The sonata is thus more in the classical and romantic tradition. Today the sonata belongs to the standard repair of the clarinet.
construction
The sonata has four movements, with the theme of the first movement being taken up again at the end of the fourth movement:
- Allegretto (12/8 time, E flat major)
- Allegro animato (2/2 time, A flat major)
- Lento ( 3/2 time, E flat minor)
- Molto allegro (4/4 time, E flat major)
literature
- Sabine Teller Ratner: Camille Saint-Saëns 1835–1921, A thematic catalog of his complete works, Volume I, The Instrumenta Works; Oxford University Press, New York 2002, ISBN 0-19-816320-7