Schoenberg Listening Journal
Elements
- Tonal
- More chromatic than tonal
- Programmatic
- Sixtet (2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos)
- Contrapuntal
Structure
- 5 sections: ABA'CA''
- A sections - sounds like nature, more thematic
- Seems like a mix between Sonata form and 4-movement form
- Two main themes --> transition section --> secondary theme --> development --> reprise --> transition --> reprise --> transition --> adagio(?) --> coda(?)
- Themes are brief
Context
- Schoenberg (written before 12 tone technique)
- Although this was written by Schoenberg, it has elements of Romantic era works
- Programmatic
- Tone Poem
- Close literary association
