Webern Quartet- Instrumentation

what instruments is the quartet written for?

Violin, Clarinet, tenor sax and piano

What is the effect of unusual instrumentation?

It creates a wide range of timbres to clarify polyphonic textures

Give examples of instrumental techniques used for tone colour.

The violin plays with mute until bar 17 and also alternated arco and pizzicato rapidly. The Piano plays spread chords to show the row order.

What does every note have?

a performance direction (staccato, tenuto ect)

Describe the relationship between the left hand and right hand piano.

They are two separate parts a sonly one line is frequently played so there is no example of traditional melody and accompaniment textures.