Schoenberg: "Peripetie"

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Describe the Melody of this piece. (4 points)
1).It is comprised of many short fragmented motifs that are combined differently throughout the piece 2).Melodies are disjunct often sounding very angular 3).Octave displacement is used unexpectedly 4).Varied through inversion&rhythmic augmentationi
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Describe the Rhythm of the movement. (4 points)
1). The metre changes between 3/4, 2/4 and 4/4 2). The tempo is “Sehr Rasch” (very quick) 3). Rhythms are complex, varied and change quickly 4). Rhythms are layered to create complex contrapuntal texture
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Describe the Tonality of the piece. (2 points)
1).It is atonal 2).The chords and melodies are often built from a hexachord that Schoenberg derived from his own name
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Describe the Instrumentation of the piece. (3 points)
1).The work requires a large orchestra of strings, woodwind and brass (at least 90 players) 2). It changes rapidly to create contrasts in timbre 3). Players are required to play at the extremes of their range
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Describe the Genre of the piece. (3 points)
1). It is in the expressionist style 2). Composed in 1909 3).It means a sudden reversal and was one of Schoenberg’s five orchestral pieces
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Describe the Harmony of the piece (1 point)
1). There is a lot of dissonant harmony
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Describe the Texture of the piece (3 points)
1).The texture is largely contrapuntal with occasional monophony and homophony 2).Dynamic changes are frequent and sudden 3). Imitation and inversion build complex textures
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Describe the structure of the piece (2 points)
1).The piece is in free rondo form 2). It has five section (ABACA)
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Describe the Rhythm of the movement. (4 points)

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1). The metre changes between 3/4, 2/4 and 4/4 2). The tempo is “Sehr Rasch” (very quick) 3). Rhythms are complex, varied and change quickly 4). Rhythms are layered to create complex contrapuntal texture

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Describe the Tonality of the piece. (2 points)

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Card 4

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Describe the Instrumentation of the piece. (3 points)

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Card 5

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Describe the Genre of the piece. (3 points)

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