3.2.6 Piazzola & Copland

In this chapter, Clark explores music from and inspired-by Latin America, looking into John Adams’ orchestration of Piazzolla’s La Mufa and Copland’s Three Latin American Sketches.

Excerpts explored in the above video:

Figure 27: Piazzolla, arr. John Adams – La Mufa (Oboe part played on clarinet, Measure 104-108)

Figure 28: Copland – Three Latin American Sketches, Movement 3 (Clarinet Excerpt)

Excerpts explored in the above video:

Figure 29: Piazzolla, arr. John Adams – La Mufa (Violin Excerpt, Measure 104-117)

Figure 30: Copland – Three Latin American Sketches, Movement 3 (Violin Excerpt)

Key Points

• Understanding how to bring out the spirit of the music which is very different from the other examples that have been explored.
• Understand the crispness of rhythm and how the weight of the main note lifts through the phrase.
• Understand how the bandoneon sound may influence how we interpret this music.