Peripetie - Schoenberg

Background: expressionism; late romantic period; 1909; Peripetie=sudden reversal.
Dynamics: extremes of dynamics used throughout.
Tempo and rhythm: sehr rasch (very quick); rubato; 3/4; complex rhythms: sextuplets, dotted rhythms, double dotted, cross rhythms and syncopation.
Structure: rondo form but with very developed A sections.
Melody: angular melodies; klangfarbenmelodie (instrument's sounds are as important as what the play).
Instruments: large orchestra to give extreme ranges.
Harmony/tonality: recurring hexachord; it can be transposed and creates dissonances.
Texture: A: homophonic bursts. B: polyphonic and complex.
Musical features: atonal; 1 intense emotion; extremes of dynamics; pieces are quite short.

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