Der Kranke Mond
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- Created on: 08-04-16 17:42
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- Der Kranke Mond
- Schoenberg
- Emotional Impact
- Through-composed = unpredictable
- Opening dotted minims = no strong beat = uneasy
- Atonality = unpredictable
- Rhythmically augmented
- bars. 24-25
- Pitch for voice does not have to be accurate = disorientating
- Fragmented and independent melodies
- Sudden dynamic changes
- Difficult to obtain a strong pulse
- Sparse texture = allows low tessitura flute note bar 24
- Purpose
- To express inner fears and obsessions
- Explore mental states i.e. insanity
- Extreme emotions
- Entertainment - tells a stroy
- Melodrama
- Style
- Expressionism
- Chromatic melody
- bars. 1-3 > all 12 notes of chromatic scale heard
- Sprechgesang
- Portamenti (sliding between notes)
- Atonal
- Fragmented melody i.e. large leaps
- bars. 25-26
- Word-painting
- bar. 6
- Completely independent
- bars. 22-23
- Extreme dynamics (contrast)
- bars. 13-14
- Extreme ranges
- Voice. Bar 15
- Abrupt changes of direction
- bar. 23
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