Expressionism 5 markers

Question 1

what piece and composer?

Answer 1

Quartet Op 22 Anton Webern

Question 2

M&R
what metre is the movement mainly in

Answer 2

triple time although not easy to hear a real sense of triple time

Question 3

M&R
why is there no real sense of triple time

Answer 3

frequent time signature changes which happen as early as b3&4

Question 4

M&R
what makes the music sound fragmented

Answer 4

frequent rests

Question 5

M&R
why does the music feel more continuous at bar 20

Answer 5

reaches climax due to more overlapping in instruments

Question 6

M&R
what is presented in the first 4 bars and reappear throughout the work

Answer 6

three recurring rhythmic groupings

Question 7

M&R
what does the speed marking show

Answer 7

slow, dotted crotchet=36

Question 8

SONORITY
what is heard

Answer 8

unusual combination of instruments

Question 9

SONORITY
why is the sonority constantly changing

Answer 9

use of klangfarbenmelodie

Question 10

SONORITY
where is full range of instrument explored

Answer 10

B section the vln has a range of low open G up to a C three 8ves above middle C

Question 11

SONORITY
where does the vln make rapid alterations between Arco and pizzicato

Answer 11

b23 and directed to play with mute and w/o

Question 12

SONORITY
where are dynamics prescribed to players with fast changes over short times

Answer 12

beginning go B section piano plays one bar forte and the next pianissimo

Question 13

TEXTURE
what is the texture

Answer 13

polyphonic
piano treated as two melodic lines - one in each hand

Question 14

TEXTURE
where is extensive imitation used

Answer 14

opening uses mirror cannon
opening is sax is I0 then mirrored in canon by vln playing P10

Question 15

TEXTURE
what is pointillism (little points of sound)

Answer 15

texture that’s very sparse made of fragments that only overlap by one or two notes called

Question 16

TEXTURE
texture is very sparse with…

Answer 16

mostly one/two notes played at the same time with some three note chords and occasional four note

Question 17

TEXTURE
what is it called when a melody is fragmented across ensemble with each instrument taking a couple notes of the melody at a time

Answer 17

klangfarbenmelodie

Question 18

MELODY
what does weberns choice of note order in the row emphasise

Answer 18

its chromatic nature with no diatonic patterns emerging

Question 19

MELODY
example of large and awkward leaps in melody

Answer 19

vln leaping down 2 8ves and a 3rd at the beginning of the development before leaping back up a major seventh

Question 20

MELODY
highly fragmented melodY

Answer 20

single notes and pairs of notes separated by rests. Most notes played consecutively is 3

Question 21

MELODY
melody switching from one instrument to another

Answer 21

klangfarbenmelodie

Question 22

MELODY
serial constructions means a highly repetitive melody

Answer 22

sax b6 melody is a transposition of opening vln material

Question 23

H&T
what is the overall h/t

Answer 23

atonal and uses serial techniques

Question 24

H&T
what does the use of the 12 tone row mean

Answer 24

maximally chromatic as it contains all 12 notes of chromatic scale

Question 25

H&T use of tone row eliminates traditional hierarchy of scale degrees which means

Answer 25

no note sounds more or less important

Question 26

H&T what does the lack of scale degree hierarchy mean

Answer 26

no sense of key or tonic begins and ends on same note Db/Csharp

Question 27

H&T what does the use of serial techniques mean

Answer 27

harmony is very dissonant with lots of seconds, sevenths and tritones

Question 28

STRUCTURE what form is it loosely based on

Answer 28

sonata form missing many traditional features such as key relationships

Question 29

STRUCTURE what does the introduction use b1-5

Answer 29

mirror cannon

Question 30

STRUCUTURE what does the exposition b6-15 start with

Answer 30

prime row in un-transposed form P0 in sax expo repeated as expected to see in classical piece

Question 31

STRUCTURE what bar is the link section

Answer 31

b24-27

Question 32

STRUCTURE development section b16-23 contains what of piece what happens after

Answer 32

climax at b22 with a top C in vln parts proceed in retrograde but notes spread among instruments making palindrome effect

Question 33

STRUCTURE recapitulation b28-39 begins w same notes as expo Csharp-E, what does the row now appear in

Answer 33

klangfarbenmelodie instead of notes remaining in sax

Question 34

STRUCTURE coda b39-43 complex reverse version of introduction

Answer 34

movement ends on a Csharp=enharmonic of Db=note movement started on

Question 35

STRUCTURE what does Webern use to help mark changes from one section to another

Answer 35

repeats and slight ritenutos