Scheonberg

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When written/or performed
Written 1909, First performed 1912
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Time Signature
Changes between 3/4, 2/4, and 4/4.
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Rhythm and Metre
Rhythms are complex, varied, and change quickly. Piece layers many different layers over each other, creating contrapuntal texture
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Tempo
Sehr Rash (meaning very quick)
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Dynamics
Frequent sudden changes in dynamics, sudden contrasts between ppp and fff.
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Instrumentation
Large orchestra, made up of strings, woodwind, brass & percussion. (Piccolo, cor anglais, tam-tam, contrabasso. Instrumentation varies throughout creating contrasts in timbre. Unusual effects use (e.g. cymbal being played with mallet and cello bow).
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Tonality and Harmony
Atonal. A lot of dissonant harmony. Chord and melodies often built from hexachords
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Structure
Free rondo form, five sections. ABACA
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Melody
Made of many short, fragmented motifs combined in different ways. Melodies very disjunct. Piece uses octave displacement. Motifs varied by things like inversion and rhythmic augmentation
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Texture
Largely contrapuntal, with occasional monophonic and homophonic moments. Complex textures built up by things like imitation and inversion (e.g. final climax created from 3 different canons at same time)
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Card 2

Front

Time Signature

Back

Changes between 3/4, 2/4, and 4/4.

Card 3

Front

Rhythm and Metre

Back

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Card 4

Front

Tempo

Back

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Card 5

Front

Dynamics

Back

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