Basic Facts Flashcards
1
Q
Composer
A
Arnold Schoenberg
Started as a late Romantic composer
Moved to Expressionism
2
Q
Composed when?
A
1908
3
Q
Style of music
A
Expressionist
Expressing how people feel inside, dreams/nightmares
Also a time for Freud/s psychoanalysis
The idea that the mind is seprate from the soul
4
Q
What does Peripetie mean?
A
‘Adventure’
From a Greek tragedy
5
Q
What is Peripetie about?
A
Expressing uncanny and scary emotions
Meant to be unsettling
6
Q
Where was it composed?
A
Vienna, the second Viennese School
7
Q
Dynamics
A
Extremes of dynamics
Lots of variety
