AOS2 Schoenberg Flashcards
Peripetie from ‘Five Orchestral pieces’ which movement is Peripetie?
‘Peripetie’ is the 4th movement
‘Peripetie’ is Greek for?
‘sudden changes’
What are the sudden changes in the piece?
The sudden changes are in Timbre (instruments) and Texture.
‘Peripetie’ was written for a?
a large orchestra
What are the parts like to play?
The parts are very challenging to play
use of the lowest to the highest register of all the instruments means there are a lot of?
wide leaps
What is the structure?
There is no conventional structure – although it is like a ‘free’ Rondo with contrasting textures & tempo.
very short melodic ideas are used and are called what?
melodic fragments
What sort of rhythms are used?
Use of complicated fragmented rhythms
Use of a hexachord (a group of 6 unrelated different notes) which create?
which create dissonances
What happens to the melody?
The melody is passed around different instruments
How many sections are there?
5 sections
Section A, Every instrument gets to play in families, for how many bars?
On for a bar or two
Section A, tempo and rhythm is sehr rasc, what’s this?
very quick, contains mostly triplet, sextuplets and demisemiquavers
Texture in section A, full orchestra, homophonic and solos. What is used on brass for timbre effects?
Mutes
