Peripetie

Question 1

Tone colour melody

Answer 1

Klangfarbenmelodie

Question 2

Fortissimo

Answer 2

Very loud

Question 3

Pianissimo

Answer 3

Very quiet

Question 4

ppp

Answer 4

As quiet as possible

Question 5

fff

Answer 5

As loud as possible

Question 6

hauptstimme

Answer 6

Principal part

Question 7

nebenstimme

Answer 7

second most important part

Question 8

Peripetie

Answer 8

Sudden reversal

Question 9

expressionism

Answer 9

expression of feelings intensely

Question 10

second Viennese school

Answer 10

Schoenberg, Berg and Webern

Question 11

Year of composition

Answer 11

1909

Question 12

How many players are in the orchestra?

Answer 12

90

Question 13

How do you play the cymbal?

Answer 13

with a mallet or cello bow

Question 14

What is tremolo?

Answer 14

Trembling, used on a stringed instrument

Question 15

Describe an unusual technique for double bass

Answer 15

Playing close to the bridge

Question 16

Divisi

Answer 16

divide

Question 17

a2 or a3

Answer 17

both or all 3 instruments to play

Question 18

Pizzicato

Answer 18

Plucked

Question 19

Arco

Answer 19

Bow the strings

Question 20

bell up

Answer 20

instruction for brass. Creates a loud strident sound

Question 21

1 solo

Answer 21

one instrumentalist

Question 22

tutti

Answer 22

everyone

Question 23

+

Answer 23

Hand stopped (French Horn)

Question 24

Disjunct

Answer 24

large leaps

Question 25

octave displacement

Answer 25

moving notes unexpectedly to a different octave

Question 26

augmentation

Answer 26

to make larger

Question 27

diminution

Answer 27

to make shorter

Question 28

sehr rasch

Answer 28

very fast

Question 29

hexachord

Answer 29

6 notes of the chromatic scale

Question 30

complement

Answer 30

the 6 notes of a chromatic scale not in the hexachord

Question 31

atonal

Answer 31

of no key

Question 32

what is imitation?

Answer 32

copying a melody in another part

Question 33

what is inversion

Answer 33

the intervals upside down

Question 34

what is retrograde?

Answer 34

backwards

Question 35

what is retrograde inversion

Answer 35

backwards and upside down

Question 36

canons

Answer 36

strict imitation (round)

Question 37

monophonic

Answer 37

one part

Question 38

homophonic

Answer 38

texture where parts move together

Question 39

polyphonic

Answer 39

independent parts

Question 40

What is the form?

Answer 40

free rondo form

Question 41

what is a piccolo?

Answer 41

small flute

Question 42

cor anglais

Answer 42

large oboe

Question 43

bass clarinet

Answer 43

large clarinet

Question 44

clarinet in D

Answer 44

piccolo clarinet

Question 45

contrabassoon

Answer 45

large bassoon

Question 46

tam-tam

Answer 46

large gong

Question 47

Which piece from 5 Orchestral Pieces is this?

Answer 47

4

Question 48

Name the composer

Answer 48

Arnold Schoenberg

Question 49

Chromaticism

Answer 49

literally colour. Use of notes outside the key

Question 50

timbre

Answer 50

tone colour (instrument or ensemble)

Question 51

Prime row

Answer 51

first ordering of the chromatic scale in a serial composition

Question 52

Serialism

Answer 52

compositional style that gives all 12 notes of the chromatic scale equal value

Question 53

ruhiger

Answer 53

quietly, calmly

Question 54

heftig

Answer 54

passionate

Question 55

etwas ruhiger

Answer 55

somewhat quieter, calmer

Question 56

motif

Answer 56

short melodic idea

Question 57

crescendo

Answer 57

gradually getting louder

Question 58

diminuendo

Answer 58

gradually getting softer

Question 59

Name 4 percussion instruments

Answer 59

tam-tam, bass drum, cymbals, xylophone

Question 60

octave

Answer 60

8 notes