Chapter 52 - Listening Guide Quiz 44: Schoenberg: Pierrot lunaire, Part III, No. 18, The Moonfleck

Listen to the following music excerpts and drag them to the correct location on the music chart, below.

(Red) He rubs and rubs, 0:04: 3rd (Blue) Pierre strolls about, 0:13: 1st (Yellow) Something strikes him, 0:08: 2nd

Which of the following statements correctly describe Schoenberg's The Moonfleck?

-The music is very dissonant. -It is from a song cycle.

Put the excerpts in the correct order in which they appear in Schoenberg's The Moonfleck from Pierrot lunaire. BE VERY CAREFUL to click only on the white play button to hear the excerpt; clicking anywhere else in the card will select it as an answer.

1. Pierre strolls about, 0:09 2. Something strikes him, 0:08 3. He rubs and rubs, 0:04

Which best describes the vocal style heard here?

Sprechstimme

Match the descriptive words or phrases with the different elements of music as found in Schoenberg's The Moonfleck from Pierrot lunaire.

tempo: very fast harmony: dissonant vocal technique: Sprechstimme text: German

Which best describes the music in this excerpt? (0:12)

dissonant and unstable

Drag and drop the correct words to describe No. 18 of Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire.

The Moonfleck is the eighteenth song in Schoenberg's song cycle Pierrot lunaire, which sets twenty-one poems by Belgian poet Albert Giraud. Through the use of Sprechstimme, the vocalist embodies the spirit of the drunken clown with a speechlike singing style. The five instruments play in complex counterpoint underneath the singer's disjunct vocal line.

Which specific structural component does this song employ?

a refrain

There is no counterpoint in The Moonfleck from Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire. T/F

false

Which best describes the texture of this excerpt?

polyphonic

Which best describes the relationship between the vocal and instrumental parts?

several complex melodies played simultaneously

Which best describes the music in this excerpt?

solo voice and chamber ensemble

Which best describes the vocal style heard in this excerpt from Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire?

speechlike and disjunct

What is the relationship between these two excerpts from The Moonfleck from Pierrot lunaire? (Ignore the first second of the second excerpt.) (0:00-0:08, 0:09) (0:23-0:29, 0:08)

they both contain the same text

The text heard in this excerpt appears more than once in Schoenberg's The Moonfleck from Pierrot lunaire. T/F

true