An Analytical and Educational Survey of Roger Boutry's Mtachrome

II. larghettoLike the first movement, Boutry begins the second movement with an introduction usingan intervallic motive. The main interval is the descending major seventh, beginning with the firstclarinet.The melody is a variant of the primary theme from the first movement. Like the first movement,the melody uses all 12 notes of the chromatic scale. The large intervals used are the major andminor seventh.The woodwind accompaniment at measure 18 is a diminution of the closing theme from the firstmovement.Clarinet in B» HI