Peripetie -schoenberg

Question 1

Rhythm

Answer 1

Metre changes between 3/4 2/4 and 4/4 
Complex and varied 
Rhythms change very quickly 
Sehr rasch tempo (very quick)
Heftig (passionate)
Ruhiger (calmer)

Question 2

Texture

Answer 2

• Constantly changing
• Contrast between dramatic effect of full orchestra and sparser texture with few instruments
• frequent and sudden dynamic changes
• ideas developed through imitation and inversion
• complex and polyphonic with moments of homophonic & monophonic

Question 3

Instruments

Answer 3

Contrast in timbre
Written for large orchestra
Extremes of pitch range
In section c there are solo lines for cello and double bass

Question 4

Genre

Answer 4

Expressionism- intense emotion
Shorter pieces
Timbre as important as melody
Huge dynamic and pitch range

Question 5

Structure

Answer 5

Free rondo form- ABACA
Sections are different lengths
A sections not exactly the same

Question 6

Harmony and tonality

Answer 6

Atonal- isn’t is a key
Dissonant harmony (clashes)
Chords and melodies built of hexachords (6 notes)

Question 7

When was it composed and when was it first performed?

Answer 7

C= 1909
First= 1912

Question 8

Melody

Answer 8

-Made of short motifs combined in different ways
-disjunct
Angular
Octave displacement
Varied through imitation
Augmentation (notes longer)
Klangfarbenmelodie (tone-colour- melody)