AS Webern

Question 1

Give an example of decoration

Answer 1

Arpeggiando

Question 2

Describe the phraselengths of the piece

Answer 2

The phraselengths are unclear

Question 3

Describe the tessitura

Answer 3

Wide as it has a wide range of pitches, the climax being at B22

Question 4

What is the metre of the piece?

Answer 4

Simple triple metre B1
Simple quadruple metre B4
Quintuple metre B3

Question 5

Describe the motifs used

Answer 5

Prime Row B6
Inversion
Retrograde
Retrograde Inversion

Climax B22

Question 6

Describe the notelengths

Answer 6

The notelengths vary, with precise rhythms
Frequent Rests B1-5
Staccato and tenuto markings

Question 7

Describe the shape of the piece

Answer 7

Klangfarbenmelodie B6
Pointillism (b6)
Wide angular shapes (b1-5)
Fragmented b1-5
Cantus Firmus B6

Question 8

Where is a general pause?

Answer 8

B28

Question 9

Where is calando present?

Answer 9

B40

Question 10

Where are rhythmic groupings?

Answer 10

B1-5

Question 11

What is the structure?

Answer 11

Intro B1
Exposition B6
Development B16
Link B24
Recapitulation B28
Coda B39

Question 12

What’s the key of the piece?

Answer 12

It’s atonal

Question 13

What’s special about the Firmus’ between the Saxaphones?

Answer 13

6 semitones apart

Question 14

Where is a tritone?

Answer 14

B10

Question 15

Where is a major second clash?

Answer 15

B2

Question 16

Outline the forces and textures

Answer 16

Piano, Violin, Clarinet and Saxaphone

Pizzicato B22-23
Arpeggiando B14
Canon B3
4 part B22

Question 17

Name style points

Answer 17

Serialism
Wrote in 1930
Pointillism and Atonalism