Peripetie

Question 1

Rhythm

Answer 1

• 3/4, 2/4, 4/4
• very quick tempo
• complex rhythms
• varied rhythms
• change quickly
• diff rhythmic patterns layered on top of each other to create complex contrapuntal texture

Question 2

Tonality and harmony

Answer 2

• atonal
• dissonant harmonies
• chords/melodies often form hexachords

Question 3

Structure

Answer 3

• free rondo form
• 5 sections (ABACA)
• tutti final section

Question 4

Texture and dynamics

Answer 4

• mainly contrapuntal
• occasional monophonic and homophonic moments
• inversion
• imitation
• climax created through 3 diff canons heard at once
• frequent sudden changes of dynamics

Question 5

Melody

Answer 5

• made up of many short fragmented motifs
• motifs combined in diff ways
• disjunct melodies
• large leaps, so often angular
• octave displacement
• inversion
• rhythmic augmentation
• klangfarbenmelodie (adds timbre)
• Haupstimme means most important part
• Nebenstimme means second most important part
• contains tremelo

Question 6

Genre

Answer 6

• Expressionism: early 20th century
• from ‘5 orchestral pieces’ (4th)
• ‘five orchestral pieces’ first performed 1912
• 1909 composed
• peripetie means sudden reversal
• back then hard to perform because large orchestra and experimental nature

Question 7

Instrumentation

Answer 7

• large orchestra (90+ players)
• instruments change rapidly creating contrasts in timbre
• large range of pitch
• strings
• ww: picollo, flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, contrabassoon, cor anglais, clarinet in d
• large brass section: horns, trumpets, trombones, tubas
• percussion: tamtam
• cymbals played with mallet and cello bow
• double bass plays tremolo close to bridge that supports strings