AOS E: EXTRA SET WORKS

Ravel: Pavane pour une infant défunte

* written in 1899
* modal passages
* extensive use of parallelism
* 7th and 9th chords used functionally
* highly detailed articulation markings
* wide dynamic range
* distant modulations

Debussy: Pour le Piano - Sarabande

* written in 1901
* unclear structure (possibly ternary)
* triplet time w/ second beat emphasis
* non-functional and parallel harmony
* modal passages
* wide dynamic range
* use of quarts harmony

Ravel: String Quartet- 1st movement

* written in 1903-1904
* range of violin techniques - trip stopping, tremolo, pizz
* opening features parallel 3rds rising
* parallel chords
* use of octatonic scale over dim 7th
* use of pentatonic melodic lines

Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra - 4th movement

* atonal
* no clear metre: has a change of metre
* 7 motifs used - smaller cells used for developing
* octave displacement
* haupstimme and nebenstimme markings

Schoenberg: Der Kranke Mond from Pierrot Lunaire

* written in 1912
* no tonal center
* extreme leaps
* very precise dynamic/articulation markings
* nearly 2 octave range for vocal
* no clear musical structure; text has 3 stanzas separated by flute solo
* 2 part texture; parts very independent of each other
* use of octave displacement

Berg: Lyric Suite - 1st movement

* written in 1925-1926
* tone rows used sporadically
* octave displacement
* haupstimme and nebenstimme markings
* two tone rows: second is derived from first

Schoenberg: Klavierstück

* tone rows are P0 and 5th retrograde inversion (R15)
* use of octave displacement
* very detailed performance directions
* tone rows put into 3 four-part chords (verticalisation)

Prokofiev: Classical Symphony

* written in 1917
* features Mannheim rocket style opening
* use of occasional 2/4 bar
* broken chord accompaniments
* loose sonata form
* sudden modulation from D major to C# major
* 2nd and 3rd movement in ternary form
* 3rd movement is a gavotte
* very precise performance directions throughout
* frequent use of regular 8 bar phrases
* uses classical instrumentation

Stravinsky, Pulcinella

* written in 1919
* uses classical instrumentation w/ added solo quintet
* use of 2/4 bar at end
* use of imitation, counter-melodies etc
* simple harmony w/ the exception of a few extended chords e.g. G9 chord in bar 3
* gavotte has grace notes written out fully and variations on the theme