Era - Modern - p. 112-p.113 Flashcards
What are the 5 genres we studied in the modern era?
Symphonic poem (tone poem)
Ballet
Musical
Solo piano
Orchestral fanfare
Give two terms related to tonal centers in the modern era.
Expanded tonality and polytonality
What is the scale that were used in the Middle Ages and Renaissance and then once again in the modern period?
Modal scales
What is the style used by French painters to move away from previous, more formal style and use new techniques to draw everyday people and things and explore how colours change according to light.
Give example title, its genre and composer
Impressionism
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, symphonic poem (tone poem), Debussy
Give the composer and genre of The Rite of Spring.
The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky is a ballet.
Give the title and composer of West Side Story.
West Side Story by Bernstein is a musical.
What is the 19th century French literary movement in which writers experimented with unusual grammar and language structures in order to bring out feelings instead of simply describing the actual items?
Give example title, its genre and composer
Symbolism
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, symphonic poem (tone poem), Debussy
Give the composer and genre of Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun by Debussy is a symphonic poem (tone poem)
Give the composer and genre of Short Ride in a Fast Machine.
Short Ride in a Fast Machine by Adams is an orchestral fanfare.
Time period of the Modern Era
ca. 1900 - present
Name the 5 modern composers we studied?
Debussy; Stravinsky; Bernstein; Louie and Adams
Give the composer and genre of West Side Story.
West Side Story by Bernstein is a musical.
Give the title and genre of the piece by. Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky is a ballet.
What is the term in which modern composers use more different harmonic vocabulary (whole tone, modal pentatonic scales, parallel chords) and suggest instead of describing images. Other techniques include use innovative orchestral colours and unclear meters.
Give example title, its genre and composer
Impressionism in music
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, symphonic poem (tone poem), Debussy
Name three types of scales used in the modern period other than major/minor scales.
Modal scale
whole-tone scale
pentatonic scale