Webern: Structure:
1. Structure is an introduction followed by ternary form (ABA).
2. Serial technique replaces tonal structural aspects. Broad, tripartite scheme.
3. Serialism used as a structural basis. Prime order, inversions, retrogrades and retrograde inversions are used.
4. 15/48 possible rows used. Definite repetition plan between the Exposition and Recapitulation.
5. Main ‘cantus firmus’ (bars 6-15, sax). Retained melodic focus until P6 (10-15).
6. Coda, 39-43, consists of a complex reverse version of the introduction, using rows RIO and R10.
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