Arnold Schoenberg, Klavierstück, Op.

33a (1929) Principal sets used:

P-10 --> 10 5 0 11 9 6 1 3 7 8 2 4 <-- R-4
I-3 --> 3 8 1 2 4 7 0 10 6 5 11 9 <-- RI-9

Other sets used (measures 28-32 only):

P-0 --> 0 7 2 1 11 3 5 8 9 10 4 6 (R not used)
I-5 --> 5 10 3 4 6 9 2 0 8 7 1 11 (RI not used)
P-5 --> 5 0 7 6 4 1 8 10 2 3 9 11 <-- R-11
I-10 --> 10 3 8 9 11 2 7 5 1 0 6 4 <-- RI-4

Set successions:
1. P-10 2. RI-9 3. RI-9 6. P-10 7. RI-9
R-4

8. P-10 10. P-10 11. RI-9 12. I-3

I-3 I-3 R-4 P-10

14. P-10 19. R-4 (missing last dyad)

I-3 RI-9

21. P-10 (2nd hexachord only) 23. P-10 (1st hexachord

I-3 (missing last note) I-3 only)

25. P-10 27. R-4 RI-9 (2nd hexachord only)

I-3 I-3 R-4

27-28. P-2 I-0 (1st hexachords 28. P-2 29. I-0

I-7 only) I-7 P-7

30. I-0 31. R-7 32. P-10 33. RI-9

P-7 RI-0 I-3 R-4

35. R-4 37. P-10 RI-9 38. R-4 39. P-10

RI-9 I-3

(See Arnold Schoenberg, "My Evolution," The Musical Quarterly, October 1952).

Structural Analysis (after Perle)

I. Exposition

1. First Group
meas. description set segmentation
1-2 A. Subject 1 4/4/4
3-9 B. Episode 4/4/4
10-11 C. Modified return of subject 1 4/4/4
12-13 D. Transition 4/4/4
2. Second Group
14-18 A. Subject 2 6/6
19-20 B. Episode 6/4
21-23 C. Modified return of subject 2 (*)(**) /6
23-27 D. Codetta and transition (*) 3/3/3/3

II. Development
1. 27-29 Various segments
2. 29-32 (fermata) 4/4/4

III. Recapitulation
1. 32-34 Modified return of subject 1 4/4/4
2. 35-36 Modified return of subject 2 6/6

IV. Coda
1. 37-38 4/4/4
2. 39-40 4/4/4

(*) Incomplete statements of the set appear in these passages.

(**) Measure 22 contains a misprint: A-natural in the right hand should be A-flat.