What type of piece for clarinet and string quartet?
My grandmother recently passed away and I want to write a piece commemorating her life. The clarinet is my principal instrument and was her favorite, and I think the timbre of a string quartet works well with it. The piece will most likely be formatted like a tone poem, but of course tone poems are for orchestras. I need to know how to classify my piece. I suppose that, by definition, it will be called a clarinet quintet. It sounds more like you’re looking for a title or a subtitle. You can call it a tone poem for clarinet quintet if you like; there’s no law against it.
