schoenberg, basic info, short, premieres etc.

Question 1

op. 11 basic

Answer 1

1909, Mässig (at a moderate speed)
Mässig (at a moderate speed)
Bewegt (with motion)
-*op. 11, Richard Buhlig gave the first performance of op. 11

Question 2

op. 19, basic

Answer 2

written 1911, 
-least complex
- It was first performed on February 4, 1912, in Berlin, by Louis Closson.
-6 movements. 
ing:

1Leicht, zart (Light, delicate)
2Langsam (Slow)
3Sehr langsame quarter note (Very slow quarter notes)
4Rasch, aber leicht (Brisk, but light)
5Etwas rasch (Somewhat brisk)
6Sehr langsam (Very slow)

Question 3

op. 23 basic

Answer 3

two finished in 1920, these two premiered by eduard steuermann in 1920.

• use 12 tone rows.
• 1. Sehr langsam
     2. Sehr rasch
     3. Langsam
     4. Schwungvoll
     5. Walzer (CA)

Question 4

op. 25 basic

Answer 4

-first work with 12 tone rows and mirror forms
-prelude is the earliest one.
-movements are strictly 12 tone.
-first performed by schoenberg’s pupil, eduard steuermann, in vienna on 1924.
Präludium (1921)
Gavotte (1923)
Musette (1923)
Intermezzo (1921–1923)
Menuett. Trio (1923)
Gigue (1923)
-all movements built upon the same row.

Question 5

op. 33a basic

Answer 5

• strict 12 tone
• in one movement
• else C. Kraus premiered on 30 jan, in 1931, in berlin,
• Massig

Question 6

op. 33b, basic

Answer 6

-published in 1932,
-Premeired by douglas thomson, in san fransisco’s new music society
II. Mässig langsam

Question 7

aspects of schoenbergs style basic

Answer 7

• Wide interval melodies

- subtle rhythmic usage

Question 8

drei klavierstucke(1894) basic

Answer 8

1. andantino, 41 bars, a 3/8 pulse but notated in 2/4.
2. andantino grazioso, 72 bars,
3. presto, 101 bars, ,

Question 9

op. 11, detailed

Answer 9

• Influenced by Brahms,
• extensions of the romantic character piece with a special kinship to brahms, but schonberg is already beginning to reject the classical principle of repetition in favor of continuos organic growth. Atonal no. 1 is powerful and expressive. no. 3 is the most involved and completely unpredictavble according to etablished principles.

Question 10

detailed. op. 19

Answer 10

• 6th movement, in memory of Mahler,
• Written in a single day
• each piece has a form of its own, each is a combination of several new methods of writing. They all avoid thematic repetition,
• second has an ostinato on g-b.
• third piece has bitonality,
• these are much less ambitious than theop. 11, there isasd;lfajsd;flkj
• Six little piano pieces op. 19, 1911, least complex of the piano works, aphoristic miniatures held together by extreme brevity and concentrated psychological content. subtle fleeting sketches.
• Originally intended as 5 movement, piece, 6th movement written after mahler died.

Question 11

detailedop. 23

Answer 11

no. 1, somewhat like a three part invention. no. 2 small three part form. no. 2 demonstrates various ways of using a short series as the basis for the whole piece. no. 5, walzer, employs for the first time, a twelve tone row as basis for both linear and vertical content of a composition, all pose difficult interpreative problems,

Question 12

detailedop. 25

Answer 12

prelude, gavotte, musette, intermezzo, all movements are built on the same row. more complex treatment than he earlier works.

Question 13

detailedop. 33a

Answer 13

op. 33a, more vertically structured than earlier works, sharp contrasts, both dramatic and lyrical, elaborate use of the row.

Question 14

detailedop. 33b

Answer 14

-op. 33b, 1932, thinner texture than op. 33a, extended melodies, d both op. 33a and b are outstanding examples of twentieth century expressionism.

Question 15

piano works were composed during crucial periods in his development.

Answer 15

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Question 16

detaileddrei klavierstuck, 1894

Answer 16

andantino, 41 bars, a 3/8 pulse but notated in 2/4.
2. andantino grazioso, 72 bars,
3. presto, 101 bars,
post romantic techniques with strong brahms influence. more interesting than effective and yet there are some lovely sonorities in all three pieces.