JAVS Spring 2017

The second movement contains a collection of different elements from the medieval, baroque, and classical periods. The composer adopts from the medieval period the idea of the hexachord, which contains only one half-step. In the second movement of Viola Tango Rock Concerto, the hexachord is organized by T-S-T-T-S, which is an adaptation of the Guidonian hand. The D hexachord (D E F G A B-flat) appears in the A theme (see Musical Example 5).

Movement II Figure 3 shows the formal structure of the second movement. This movement has a baroque character and is written in rondo form. “It is [similar to Paganini’s Moto Perpetuo, op. 11] ,” Yusupov explains, “with the continuous rhythm [of ] sixteenth notes.” 25 Yusupov affirms that “this is the most [virtuosic] part of the concerto.”

Figure 3: Viola Tango Rock Concerto: Formal analysis of Movement II

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Journal of the American Viola Society / Vol. 33, No. 1, Spring 2017