Schoneberg

Question 1

What form is the structure?

Answer 1

Free Rondo Form
5 sections
ABACA
No clear contrast between sections

Question 2

Describe the texture

Answer 2

Contrapuntal

Occassional monophonic and homophonic moments

Question 3

What is the tonality?

Answer 3

Atonal

Question 4

Describe the harmony

Answer 4

Dissonant

Hexachords - 6 notes

Question 5

When was the piece composed?

Answer 5

1909

Question 6

What is the genre?

Answer 6

Expressionism

Question 7

What century is this piece from?

Answer 7

20th Century

Question 8

Sehr Rasch

Answer 8

Very fast

Question 9

Haupstimme

Answer 9

The most important part

Question 10

Nebenstimme

Answer 10

The second more important part

Question 11

Klangfarbenmelodie

Answer 11

Splitting a musical line or melody between several instruments, rather than assigning it to just one instrument

Question 12

Describe the rhythm

Answer 12

Rhythms are complex and varied and change quickly
Some layers of different rhythmic patterns
Different time signatures / metres

Question 13

What metres are used?

Answer 13

3/4

2/4

4/4

Question 14

How the motifs varied?

Answer 14

Inversion

Augmentation

Question 15

Describe the melody

Answer 15

Short fragmented motifs (there are 7 motifs heard in the first 18 bars)
Disjunct
Angular
Octave displacement

Question 16

Define disjunct

Answer 16

Large leaps

Question 17

Angular

Answer 17

No recognisable melody

Question 18

Describe the dynamics

Answer 18

Frequent sudden changes
Extreme contrasts (fff-ppp)
Dies away to nothing at the end