Test 3 Flashcards
12 tone method
- serialism
- uses all 12 tones in a specific order
- Schoenberg wanted to unify a succession of tones that are like a motive
prime
row form-
matrix
shows inversions of the prime row form that can be used in the piece
prime
- row form
- 1st row
- follows same interval pattern as the prime
retrograde
- row form
- the prime form backwards
inversion
- row form
- the opposite interval pattern of the prime
retrograde inversion
- row form
- the retrograde and inversion of the prime form
index numbers
-P I R RI
order numbers
-number of half steps above 0
partitioning
- parts of a row in different parts - can be used as accompaniment
- hexachord
temporal axis of symmetry
- rhythmic symmetry
- think of the palindrome stuff
Webernian revolution 2 main points
- bass moves to the middle (everything is oriented towards the middle, there is no functioning bass line that tells you what’s going on harmonically)
- tones have progressions in and of themselves (klanfarbermelodie, melody of different colors)
Schoenberg Op 26 - Wind Quartet
-12 tone row?
Babbit- 3 Compositions for Piano no1
-integral serialism
integral serialism
-use of a series for aspects such as dynamics, rhythm, duration, register, and pitch
ordinal matrix
-matrix based on the order they appear in the prime form
Webern Op 27 Variations for Piano
- temporal axis of symmetry
- registral axis of symmetry
Schoenberg Op 26 - Wind Quartet
- partitioning
- 12 tone row
Babbit- 3 Compositions for Piano no1
- integral serialism
- rhythm order - 5142
- durational series
- attack points
Webern Op 24 Concerto for Nine Instruments
- temporal axis of symmetry
- pointilism
- paritioning
Boulez Structures Book Ia
- integral serialism
- uses 2 matrices (ordinal)
- 48 durational row
Berio O King
- 21 tone row
- integral serialism
- 20 durational row
- isorhythmic motet
Schoenberg’s Music
- more chords
- more melodic melody and accompaniment (melody signaled with H)
- dynamics
- texture is more sustained in accompaniment
Webern’s Music
- 2 points
- klanfarbenmelodie
Babbit’s Music
pitch- most like Schoenberg, classical serialism, 12 tone set, intuitively chooses different row forms
rhythm- 5142 #series, generates additional # series- more flexible (group sings, attack points are separated by rests or longer notes etc, duration)
Boulez’s Music
pitch - 2 matrices, uses every row form & transposition once - in a particular order
rhythm- 2 matrices, 48 unique durational rows, uses every row & transposition in a specific order
Berio’s Music
pitch - 21 tone row (7 fixed pitches), row repeats over and over, other 5 pitch classes created accompaniment/counterpoint
rhythm- 20 value duration, eighth note x # = duration
