Webern Op 22

Question 1

Rhythm and metre

Answer 1

Changing metre and tempo, pulse hard to here (intro changes time sig all but one bar), intense syncopation

Question 2

Harmony and tonality

Answer 2

Atonal, chromatic and dissonant, few chord, no cadences or tonic dom relationships

Question 3

Melody

Answer 3

Fragmented, angular, cover huge range, prime order in tenor sax (start of expo), klangfarben melody (start of recap), use of mirror canons in accompaniment

Question 4

Texture

Answer 4

Sparse, mostly in 2 or 3 notes at the same time most heard is 4, mirror canons throughout

Question 5

Structure

Answer 5

Sonata form, intro (1-5), exposition is repeated, development and recap repeated together, coda is a complex mirror image of intro

Question 6

Instrumentation

Answer 6

Violin, clarinet, tenor sax and piano. Technically demanding huge leaps and quick changes in articulation and dynamics, violin rapid changes in pizz and arco, leaps greater than an octave some more than 2 octaves