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Table 4: Bagatele. Global form.

Attribute Risoluto Adagio molto tranqu- Leggiero
illo
Harmonic Center A C A
Form a b a a b a a b a

Table 5: Bagatele. Dodecaphonic raw (Pi) and its versions.

Chromatic total i ii iii iv V vi vii viii ix X xi xii
of the precom-
posed material A Bb B C C# D Eb E F F# G G#
Ii Ix lix lviii liii Iii lxii lxi lvi lvii liv Iv
Pi A E F Bb C D D# B C# G# F# G Ri
Pvi D A Bb Eb F G G# E F# C# B C Rvi
Pv C# G# A D E F# G Eb F C Bb B Rv
Pxii G# D# E A B C# D Bb C G F F# Rxii
Px F# C# D G A B C G# A# F E F Rx
Pviii E B C F G A A# F# G# Eb C# D Rviii
Pvii D# A# B E F# G# A F G D C C# Rvii
Pxi G D D# G# A# C C# A B F# E F Rxi
Pix F C C# F# G# A# B G A E D D# Rix
Pii Bb F F# B C# D# E C D A G G# Rii
Piv C G G# C# D# F F# D E B A Bb Riv
Piii B F# G C D E F C# D# Bb G# A Riii
Rl-
Rli Rix Rlix Rliii Rlii Rlxii Rlxi Rlvi Rlvii Rliv Rlv
viii
Further treatment of the row shows Škerl is not dogmatic in his approach
to the 12-tone technique: he repeats the tones immediately after their first oc-
currence, omitting certain tones or elisioning the repetitions of the sequence
with each other, so in the rhythmic complementarity of the right and left hand
sections it seems as if it is an endless melody. The pre-composed material is
used not only in linear but also in vertical dodecaphony in the Bagatela No. 1
and No. 2 (Examples 7–8), while in the third one (Example 9) Škerl takes the
six-tone sequence constructed of the so-called “privileged tones” of the row
– alternating the succession line of odd and even ones (1, 3, 5, 2, 4, 6), repeat-
ing them in a linear way in different rhythmic situations, while the remaining
pitches of the row are used for creation of the chordal and figurative accompa-
niment. As a result, the compositional technique continues to be guided by the-
matic control over the material, though the harmony has become more com-
ex7-9
plex, decentralised and resulting from an incidental arrangement of pitches.

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