Arnold Schoenberg - Peripetie

Question 1

Date of birth/death of Arnold Schoenberg

Answer 1

(1874-1951)

Question 2

nationality of Schoenberg

Answer 2

Austrian

Question 3

features of expressionism

Answer 3

short pieces
atonal
extremes of dynamics
expresses one intense emotion

Question 4

melody of peripetie

Answer 4

hexachords
complex and unpredictable
disjunct

Question 5

rhythm and metre of peripetie

Answer 5

complex / unpredictable
different rhythms playing simultaneously
no sense of regular metre

Question 6

harmony of peripetie

Answer 6

chords are dissonant and chromatic - atonal

hexachords

Question 7

tonality of peripetie

Answer 7

atonal

Question 8

dynamics of peripetie

Answer 8

wide ranging dynamics

sudden changes

Question 9

texture of peripetie

Answer 9

polyphonic and contrapuntal texture

some unison, homophony and monophony

Question 10

structure of peripetie

Answer 10

short and unclear structures

sort of rondo form

Question 11

instrumentation of peripetie

Answer 11

percussion - bass drum, xylophone and cymbals

others - clarinet, bass clarinet, piccolo