For Monday, April 1

in assignments

Re-read the fragment of Chapter 9, “The Twelve-Tone System,” from Robert Morgan’s Twentieth-Century Music (in 299Shared), in light of our discussion in class today. Also, bring your score to “Wie bin ich froh!” back to class again.

ENTRY TICKET: Based on class discussion and your re-reading, try to work out the following. Correct answers are not required for the entry ticket, but an honest attempt is.

For the row [C, G, F#, Db, A, D, Eb, B, Ab, Bb, E, F], what would be its

  • retrograde?
  • inversion?
  • retrograde inversion?
  • inversion transposed up two semitones?