Peripetie

Question 1

What period was Peripetie written in?

Answer 1

Expressionism (early 20th century)

Question 2

Schoenberg founded what including which 2 composers?

Answer 2

Second Viennese School including Berg and Webern

Question 3

When was Peripetie composed?

Answer 3

1909

Question 4

What does Peripetie mean?

Answer 4

‘A sudden reversal’

Question 5

3 reasons why Peripetie is difficult to perform

Answer 5

• Large orchestra required
• Expensive
• Not many perform due to its experimental nature

Question 6

Instrumentation of Peripetie

Answer 6

• Large orchestra = over 90 players (woodwind, percussion, strings, large brass section)
• Instrumentation changes rapidly throughout = contrasts in timbre
• Extreme ranges in pitch
• Unusual effects (e.g. cymbals played with cello bow)

Question 7

What does Haupstimme mean?

Answer 7

Principal melody

Main melodic line

Question 8

What does Nebenstimme mean?

Answer 8

Secondary melody
(Second most important melodic line)

Question 9

What does divisi mean?

Answer 9

Players divide into groups

Question 10

What does pizzicato mean?

Answer 10

Pluck the strings

Question 11

What does arco mean?

Answer 11

Bow the strings

Question 12

What is a tremolo?

Answer 12

Note is rapidly repeated

Question 13

Metre of Peripetie

Answer 13

3/4, 2/4 and 4/4

Question 14

Melody of Peripetie

Answer 14

• Made up of short, fragmented motifs that are combined in different ways
• Disjunct, very angular melodies created for example by octave displacement
• Motifs varied using inversion and rhythmic augmentation

Question 15

What does octave displacement mean?

Answer 15

Unexpectedly moving individual notes of main melody into different octave

Question 16

Tempo of Peripetie

Answer 16

Sehr rasch (very quick)

Question 17

Rhythms of Peripetie

Answer 17

• Complex and varied
• Change quickly
• Layered to create a complex contrapuntal texture

Question 18

Tonality of Peripetie

Answer 18

Atonal

Question 19

Harmony of Peripetie

Answer 19

• Dissonant

- Chords and melodies often built from hexachords (and compliments)

Question 20

Texture of Peripetie

Answer 20

• Mostly contrapuntal
• Some monophonic and homophonic passages
• Complex textures built up through use of imitation and inversion e.g. ending of piece, 3 different canons heard at same time

Question 21

Dynamics of Peripetie

Answer 21

• Sudden changes

- Extreme contrasts (ppp-fff)

Question 22

Structure of Peripetie

Answer 22

Free rondo (ABACA)

Question 23

What is a hexachord?

Answer 23

Chord made up of 6 notes

Question 24

What is a compliment?

Answer 24

6 semitones not heard in hexachord

Question 25

What word means 'tone colour melody'?

Answer 25

Klangfarbenmelodie