SCHOENBERG PERIPETIE

Area of Study 2

How to answer the essay question

Think about who SCHOENBERG is

Listen to the piece !

       Now think about the actual question

Comment on how SCHOENBERG uses the following musical elements in PERIPETIE Tonality & Harmony Instruments & texture Melody Dynamics & Tempo Structure (10) Remember to use correct MUSICAL VOCABULARY

So your essay is worth 10 marks !

    DON’T write 8 pages of A4 – this is too much and extra pages will not get you more marks READ the question carefully- what do you have to comment on?

Refer to your notes and the information you have on PERIPETIE But most of all…

STRUCTURE your essay

 Start with an introductory paragraph e.g.

   Schoenberg’s PERIPETIE was composed in the early twentieth century and is expressionist in style.

OR Schoenberg composed PERIPETIE in 1909 and it is typical of expressionist style

MAXIMISE YOUR MARK !

      Structure your essay Use appropriate musical language e.g. HEXACHORD ATONAL EXPRESSIONIST Only give relevant information – don’t just write all you know about the work Spelling, punctuation, grammar errors all count in the mark scheme !

Use Paragraphs HANDWRITE this – you have to in the exam

     NEXT write about what you are asked to !

TONALITY & HARMONY INSTRUMENTS & TEXTURE MELODY DYNAMICS & TEMPO STRUCTURE Try to give at least 2 relevant facts about each category- have a short paragraph for each

 Finally have a final paragraph which sums up E.g.Schoenberg’s PERIPETIE is a complex piece of music and sounds initially disorganised and random. However as discussed above it is tightly organised and shows many features of early 20 th century music

If you take note of all this you can get a really good mark pretty easily