Schoenberg- Peripetie

Question 1

What is the tonality?

Answer 1

Atonal

Question 1

Metre?

Answer 1

3/4 changes to 4/4 changes back to 3/4

Question 2

Name all the instruments that Ms segal wrote on the sheet

Answer 2

Woodwind: piccolo, cor anglais, bass clarinet contrabassoon
Brass section: trombones, joins, trumpets, tuba
Percussion: bass drum, gong, xylophone

Question 2

Instrumentation: the full range of the instruments are explored using…

Answer 2

Extreme registers

Question 3

What is the structure?

Answer 3

Loose rondo form

Question 4

Structure: what is loose rondo form?

Answer 4

ABACA

Question 5

The texture is….

Answer 5

Monophonic and contrapuntal and everything

Question 6

Melody: what is a hexachord?

Answer 6

A group of 6 notes taken from the 12 semitones

Question 7

Harmony and tonality (3)

Answer 7

Chromatic
Atonal- no key or tonality
Uses 12 tone technique- 1 notes of equal importance played in a chosen order

Question 9

Instrumentation (3)

Answer 9

Huge orchestra- large woodwind section (with piccolo, bass clarinet and contrabassoon), brass section (with trombones, horns, trumpets and tubas) and percussion (with bass drum, gong and xylophone)
Instrumental techniques like tremolo are used
Uses extreme registers to explore the full range of the instruments

Question 10

Dynamics (1)

Answer 10

Extreme and contrasting

Question 11

Structure

Answer 11

The piece is short and based on a loose rondo form (ABACA)

Question 12

Rhythm (3)

Answer 12

3/4 changes to 4/4 and back to 3/4
Rhythm is complex with changing time signatures and complex rhythmic patterns including dotted rhythms, irregular groupings like septuplets and demisemiquavers
Rubato

Question 14

Melody (2)

Answer 14

Uses klangfarbenmolodie to create ‘melodic colour’

Uses the notes of the hexachord to produce melodies- 6 notes takes from 12 semitones

Question 21

Texture (1)

Answer 21

Switches between homophonic and contrapuntal with many musical lines going on simultaneously