General 20th cent.
Music with no key
atonal
Ism that is outgrowth of French art and Poetry-- the paintings are known for using broad brush strokes that appear unfinished up close.
impressionism
Impressionist composer who was famous for creating music that evoked a "musical images" through interesting timbres, different assortments of instruments, and unique harmonic and rhythmic choices
Debussy
Russian Ballet about a Pagan Ritual that uses polytonality, and constant meter changes
The Rite of Spring
the name for a piano that has been altered with various objects inside of it
prepared piano
Ism which often aims to shock audience with distortion--rejects conventional prettiness.
expressionism
Composer who wanted "emancipation from dissonance"-wanted atonal music that was as logical as tonal music so created the 12 tone method
Schoenberg
Melodrama consisting of 21 poems, that uses 7 performers. It is atonal, with characters based in commedia del arte
Pierrot Lunaire by Schoenberg
one of the pieces we looked at that was inspired by a world event
Threnody--victims of hiroshima (penderecki)
Black Angels- Vietnam War protest
Quartet for the end of time (WWII camp)
Ism that involves some sort of precise, ordered control over various aspects of the piece
Serialism
Russian Composer who gained fame for 3 ballets-- 3 periods were Russian, Neoclassical, Serial.
Stravinsky
4.5 hour long minimalist opera with not much of a plot or text.
Einstein on the Beach by Philip Glass
when music has multiple keys occurring at the same time (for instance a D Major chord at the same time as E major)
polytonal (individual chord is polychord)
Ism based on new compositions that used devices and forms of the classical and baroque eras
neoclassicism
Composer who was famous for pushing the limits of what defines music.
John Cage
Electronically amplified String Quartet composed as a protest to the Vietnam War
What is Black Angels by George Crumb
An alternative to traditional tonal system used in 20th cent (Major/minor)
Modes, whole tone scales, pentascales, Atonality
Ism that typically includes short fragments, repetitive forms, gradual transformations
minimalism
Minimalist composer
Philip Glass, John Adams, Reich
Ballet about the early American West, uses folk melodies
What is Rodeo by Copland (Hoe Down is the selection)
sonata 2 john cage
prepared piano