Peripetie (4th of 5 Orchestral Pieces)

Question 1

Melody

Answer 1

• Uses hauptstimme and nebenstimme to distinguish the most and second most important melody at the time
• Klangfarbenmelodie - tone colour melody - melody passed from one instrument to another

Question 2

Harmony

Answer 2

• No conventional chords
• Hexachords (note clusters) - A, Bb, C, C#, E, F
• Serialism

Question 3

Tonality

Answer 3

• Atonal (without a key)
• Hexachords (6 note chords)
• Serialism

Question 4

Structure

Answer 4

Free rondo form - A B A1 C A2

Question 5

Instrumentation/Timbre

Answer 5

• Large orchestra - full percussion, quadruple woodwind
• Rarely used altogether at the same time
• Klangfarbenmelodie - tone colour melody - melody passed from one instrument to another

Question 6

Texture

Answer 6

• Complex contrapuntal to solos

* Variation suddenly from thick to thin

Question 7

Rhythm

Answer 7

• 3/4, some bars of 2/4 and 4/4
• No regular beats, no pulse
• Extremes - demi-semi-quavers to sustained notes

Question 8

Tempo

Answer 8

• Sehr rasch

* 3/4, some bars of 2/4 and 4/4

Question 9

Mood

Answer 9

• Dark, unsettles, intense, emotional, scary - sudden changes, fragmented tune
• Certain sections of calm, usually before a particularly intense moment/crescendo - sustained notes

Question 10

Dynamics

Answer 10

Extreme crescendos from ppp - fff