Schoenberg- Peripetie

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Important Information

When was this set work written?

Answer: 1909 (20th century)

What style is it written in?

Answer: Expressionist

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Instrumentaton

  • Full Symphony orchestra with a cor anglais and a bass clarinet
  • Every instrument has the melody at some point in the piece
  • All the possible range of pitches are used- even the extremes
  • The cymbal in the piece is played with the bow of a cello or a mallet
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Melody

  • Mainy dijunct
    • Some chromaticism
  • Melody switches between instruments at a very fast rate
  • Haupstimme- principal voice
  • Nebenstimme- secondary voice
  • Fragmented melody- Klangfarbenmelodie
  • Many accidentals due to the atonal key- every semitone is important
  • Use of pizzacato, mute, tremolo, bells up and stopping
  • Use of ostinatos
  • Octave displacement- eg. bar 20
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Rhythm, Metre and Tempo

  • Frequent changes in time signiature
  • Lots of tempo changes- fast to slow
  • Ritardandos and Creschendos are common
  • Use of sextuplets and triplets
  • No consistent rhythm
  • Use of rubato
  • Use of dimminution and polycross rhythms
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Harmony and Tonality

  • Atonal
  • Lots of chromaticism
  • Use of hexachords
  • Dissonance
  • More complex harmony- not functional harmony as in most earlier pieces of music
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Texture and Dynamics

  • Mainly polyphonic
  • Some homophonic sections
  • Clarinet slo- monophonic
  • Texture changes at a fast rate
  • Lost of dynamic contrast and change
    • Use of extremes
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Structure

  • No obvious structure
  • Some could say it is in a loose rondo form
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