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Le Marteau sans maitre

Aural perception/Technical Language

  • Atonal/serial
  • No particular key
  • Abstract
  • Disjunct intervals used throughout
  • Instrumentation-Alto flute, guitar, vibraphone, viola
  • Polyphonic
  • Random sounding but actually very organised
  • Arhythmic-without a regular rhythmic pattern or beat
  • Interesting instrumental techniques used - breathy flute, loud pizz


Structure

  • Use of prime row and then manipulated - retrograde, inversion, transposition etc
  • Use of short motifs/fragments


Context

  • Serialism-12 tone technique
  • 20 century
  • Composer-Berg, Webern, Boulez
  • 2nd Viennese school
  • Break down of tonality-urge to explore sound & create new structures