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Peripetie - Schoenberg Flashcards

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1
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What year was the piece composed in?

A

1909

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What era was the piece composed in?

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The Expressionist Era

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3
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How is the melody played?

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In fragments, instead of the development of traditional melodic lines

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4
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How many pitches are used?

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All 12

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5
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What is the name for a chord of 6 pitches?

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A Hexachord

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What is the names for a chord that uses the pitches not used in a hexachord?

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A Complement

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7
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What is used on the melody to change it?

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Inversion

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8
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What is the Principal Voice called?

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Hauptstimme

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9
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What is the Secondary Voice called?

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Nebenstimme

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10
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What is the tonality of the piece?

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Atonal

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11
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Describe the melody

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Chromatic and dissonant, extremely angular, fragmented and unpredictable

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12
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What parts play melodic lines?

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Clarinet and cello

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13
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What is Klangfarbenmelodie?

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Tone Colour Melody

The act of splitting a melody between several instruments to increase timbre

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14
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Describe the rhythm in the piece

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Irregular, unpredictable, fragmented, expressive, varied

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15
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What type of rhythms are used in the piece?

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Polyrhythms and cross-rhythms

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16
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What is the pulse/ sense of metre

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There isn’t one

17
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What does Sehr Rasch mean?

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Very Quick

18
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What does Ruhiger mean?

A

Calmer

19
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What does Heftig mean?

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Passionate

20
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Describe the texture of the piece

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Constantly shifting, but at points monophonic when one part is playing and sometimes polyphonic when the whole orchestra is playing at climax points

21
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How does the texture change?

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Abruptly and to extremes

22
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Describe the dynamics in the piece

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Sudden and frequent extreme changes of dynamics (e.g. ppp to fff)
Dies away to nothing at the end

23
Q

Describe the structure of the piece

A

Free Rondo Form

5 Sections

24
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Describe the instrumentation of the piece

A

Large post romantic orchestra

Quadruple woodwind, large brass section, percussion and strings

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