Danzón No. 2
This guide follows Márquez’s Danzón No. 2 (1994) in one part.
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Follow all 18 sections as they play
0:04–9:15
A slow clarinet opens the piece over the claves (section A), and an oboe answers. The dance then builds through a chain of sections (B, C, D, E, F and G) before a short brings back the opening material as A′. A new idea arrives (H), and earlier material in varied forms (C′, C″ and D′). The last stretch (E, F, E′) drives into the and a dramatic, stamping .
- A
- B
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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