AoSE

Question 1

Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune melody?

Answer 1

Very lyrical
Opening flute melody tritone range, chromatic and pentatonic
Bar 3 range of octave (could be diatonic or A minor pentatonic on C#)
Melody augmented and spans a perfect 4th next time it appears
Bar 35 clarinet wholetone scales

Question 2

Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune harmony and tonality?

Answer 2

B section chords in parallel motion
Ambiguous tonality at beginning but tonal (E major)
C# important from early but only make sense b.21 E major chord
Key change to Db major
Many 7th chords (non resolving) and other extensions and half diminished chords
Pedals and Chromatic harmony
Melody harmonised differently everytime

Question 3

Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune rhythm and metre?

Answer 3

Metrical ambiguity
Irregular note groupings and ties across bars
Triplets, duplets, quadruplets, quintuplets
Frequent metre changes 9/8, later 6/8 and 2/8 and 3/4
Syncopation
Section B woodwind 6/8 hemiola

Question 4

Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune texture?

Answer 4

Opening monophonic
Doubling of instruments
Homorhythm horn and violin 1
Thicker texture in B section
Mostly homophonic

Question 5

Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune instrumentation?

Answer 5

All string parts divided frequently (not double bass)
Tremelos (in clarinet!), sur la touche, pizz and arco, harp glissandi, mute and harmonics
Doubling powerful effect
Horn plays a note bouche (stopped) and sometimes muted
Large orchestra, Clarinet in A and Bb, limited brass and percussion

Question 6

Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune structure?

Answer 6

Ternary form with coda
A section reprise is shorter and only reprise A1

Question 7

6 Bagatelles Op.6 (Webern) melody?

Answer 7

Not lyrical or catchy (chromaticism, disjunct, etc.)
Virtuosic
Ornamented

Question 8

6 Bagatelles Op.6 (Webern) rhythm and metre?

Answer 8

Changing metres (3/4, 2/4, 3/8, 4/8)
Polyrhythms
Triplets against quavers
3rd piece quintuplets against triplets

Question 9

6 Bagatelles Op.6 (Webern) texture?

Answer 9

Polyphonic

Question 10

6 Bagatelles Op.6 (Webern) harmony?

Answer 10

Chromatic
Dissonant
Cluster chords
No cadences

Question 11

6 Bagatelles Op.6 (Webern) structure?

Answer 11

Split into smaller 30 second pieces each with a different title

Question 12

6 Bagatelles Op.6 (Webern) tonality?

Answer 12

Atonal

Question 13

6 Bagatelles Op.6 (Webern) instrumentation?

Answer 13

String quartet
Lots of timbres (mute, pizz, am steg (playing on the bridge), tremolo, harmonics)

Question 14

Webern Op 22 rhythm and metre?

Answer 14

Changing metre and tempo
Rest on beats (pulse difficult to discern)
Intense syncopation

Question 15

Webern Op 22 harmony and tonality?

Answer 15

Atonal
Chromatic and dissonant
No cadences
Few chords

Question 16

Webern Op 22 melody?

Answer 16

Fragmented, angular, huge range
Prime order heard in tenor sax
Klangfarbenmelodie start of recap

Question 17

Webern Op 22 texture?

Answer 17

Sparse
Mirror canons used throughout

Question 18

Webern Op 22 structure?

Answer 18

Sonata form
Coda mirror of intro

Question 19

Erwartung (Schoenberg) vocal part?

Answer 19

Mostly conjunct, some disjunct (amount increases throughout piece)
Second scene vocal is wider and more jagged leaps
Final scene reality is recitative, illusion is more lyrical

Question 20

Erwartung (Schoenberg) melody?

Answer 20

No single theme repeated
Soprano tessitura is large
Virtuosic
Wide leaps (bar 139 top B to low C#)

Question 21

Erwartung (Schoenberg) rhythm and metre?

Answer 21

Slow tempo
Opening bars 36 bars. In it 9 time sigs and 16 tempo dynamics
Rests on beat
Syncopated rhythms

Question 22

Erwartung (Schoenberg) texture?

Answer 22

Homophonic, monophonic, polyphonic

Question 23

Erwartung (Schoenberg) instrumentation?

Answer 23

Piccolo, contrabassoon, xylophone, glockenspiel, cymbals, triangle, bass and side drum, Tam-tam, celeste and rattle used too
Pizz, arco (quick change between two) and glissando all used

Question 24

Erwartung (Schoenberg) harmony?

Answer 24

Atonal
Chromatic
Dissonant
Includes quartel and quintel harmony

Question 25

Voiles (Debussy) melody?

Answer 25

Melodic fragments Use of wholetone and pentatonic scales

Question 26

Voiles (Debussy) harmony and tonality?

Answer 26

Ambiguous tonality No cadences Wholetone and pentatonic scales used Augmented, extended and cluster chords Pedals and ostinatos used Occasionally dissonant

Question 27

Voiles (Debussy) texture?

Answer 27

Homophonic Counter melody

Question 28

Voiles (Debussy) instrumentation?

Answer 28

Piano Glissandos

Question 29

Voiles (Debussy) rhythm and metre?

Answer 29

2/4 Ambiguous Ties across bar lines

Question 30

Voiles (Debussy) structure?

Answer 30

Ternary

Question 31

Poulenc Brass Trio structure?

Answer 31

Ternary form Final section B theme used to interrupt expected A themes

Question 32

Poulenc Brass Trio harmony/tonality?

Answer 32

Regular cadences Tonic pedal Chromatic scale in coda Enharmonic change in b section Bb major and f major (unrelated) in b section Cadential 6/4 with wrong note harmony

Question 33

Poulenc Brass Trio rhythm and metre?

Answer 33

Anacrusis 4/4 The 2nd theme features changing metres and syncopation.

Question 34

Poulenc Brass Trio melody and texture?

Answer 34

Diatonic and periodic phrasing Ornamentation and chromaticism in 2nd theme Legato in b section Homophonic (m+a) Octaves at end

Question 35

Poulenc Brass Trio instrumentation?

Answer 35

Virtuosic (b section angular lines) Cadenza like passage preceded by jumps of 2 octaves in the trumpet in middle of B section Odd choice of instruments

Question 36

Prokofiev Classical Symphony structure?

Answer 36

Sonata form in mvt 1 and 4 Exposition repeated mvt 4 Ternary form mvt 3

Question 37

Prokofiev Classical Symphony texture?

Answer 37

Mainly homophonic Imitation in development esp mvt 4 Homophonic block chords B section gavotte Antiphonal between strings and winds

Question 38

Prokofiev Classical Symphony instrumentation?

Answer 38

Standard classical double wind Limited brass use Woodwind doubling strings, occasional independent lines (A section gavotte) Virtuosic final mvt Difficult violin writing (mvt 1 punta d’arco, mvt 2 very high)

Question 39

Prokofiev Classical Symphony harmony and tonality?

Answer 39

Mvt 1 d major Bar 11 1st subject C major Recap in c major not tonic Fig 6 in expected dominant, but later F major Mvt 3 subdominant in b section

Question 40

Prokofiev Classical Symphony rhythm and metre?

Answer 40

Quintuplets in mvt 1 Changing metres e.g. 2/4 instead of 2/2 in mvt 1

Question 41

Pulcinella Suite Stravinsky Structure?

Answer 41

Rounded binary no repeats sinfonia Modulates to dominant end of A section, B section in dominant (sinfonia and gavotte)

Question 42

Pulcinella Suite Stravinsky rhythm and metre?

Answer 42

Sinfonia: 4/4 and changing metres Opening bar syncopation on beats 3 and 4 Dotted rhythms Frequent rests added Gavotte: Variation 1 in 6/8 (from 4/4)

Question 43

Pulcinella Suite Stravinsky melody?

Answer 43

Follow 18th century model Ornamentation and sequences Balanced phrasing

Question 44

Pulcinella Suite Stravinsky texture?

Answer 44

Mostly m+a Sinfonia polyphony (oboe melody imitated half a bar later by bassoon and counter melody on cello) Violins in thirds sinfonia b12

Question 45

Pulcinella Suite Stravinsky harmony and tonality (sinfonia)?

Answer 45

Frequent dissonance Clear what key we’re in G major, modulates to dominant early, other closely related keys in B section, ends in tonic G major through A major to B minor Circle fifths early in piece Simple underlying harmonies