20th Century (Listening) Flashcards

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Use of Forign Scales - Wholetone, Pentatonic, Octatonic

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Impressionism

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Extended Chords with 9th, 11th, 13th

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Impressionism

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Consonant Sound (pleasant)

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Impressionism

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Rhythmically Ambigous - fluid rubarto rhythms

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Impressionism

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Expressive orchestration with delicate balances of instruments

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Impressionism

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Often paint an image/ is programmatic

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Impressionism

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Exotic influences - some incoparated Spanish and Javenese

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Impressionism

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Virtuosic flute passages

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Impressionism

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Debussy and Ravel

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Impressionism

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10
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Extremely dissonant

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Expressionism

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Extreme contrasts in dynamics

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Expressionism

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12
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Changing textures

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Expressionism

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Fragmented melody lines

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Expressionism

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14
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Wide leaps into vastly different registers of the instruments

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Expressionism

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15
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Asymmetrical phrasing

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Expressionism

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16
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Orchestration was delicate and balanced - very important

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Expressionism

17
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Klangfarbenmelodie was popular to explore different genres.

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Expressionism

18
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Schoenburg, Weburn, Berg

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Expressionism

19
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Features of 20th century but based on 18th century

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Neo-classicism

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Forms were often traditional

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Neo-classicism

21
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Melodic ideas were symetrical and balanced

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Neo-classicism

22
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More polyphony and complex textures

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Neo-classicism

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Reduced orchestra sizes

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Neo-classicism

24
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Wider use of chromatism

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Neo-classicism

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Prokofiev, Poulenc, Milhaud

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Neo-classicism