Chapter 29 Diverging Traditions in the later 19th century Flashcards
France
- paris epicenter conservatory - german and french music, Societe Nationale de Musique 1871 performed rameau, gluck and 16th century composers. 2 main strands formed Cesar frank- cosmopolitan tradition , gabriel faure french tradition.
Cesar franck
1822-1890 instrumental and oratorio. Traditional counterpoint and liszt’s thematic transformation. Ex Prelude, Chorale and Fugue 1884 for piano baroque toccata, chorale like melody , fugue on a chromatin subject. Founder of french chamber music Piano Quintet in F minor 1879 cyclic, themes that recur or are transformed in 2 or more movements. Symphony in D minor cyclic form.
Gabriel faure
1845-1924- drew on Gounod and couperin subtle patterns of tones rhythms and colors. Lyric and dancelike. BEst known work Faure requiem 1887 later works after 1885 melodic lines fragmented and harmony becomes less directional ex avant que tu ne t’en ailles from la bonne chanson 1892
Tchaikovsky
russian ballets, piano concertos, violin concerto 1878 Best know for symphonies No 4 in F minor 1877 cyclic return , No 6 b minor the pathetique 1893 - replaced scherzo with a 54 russian waltz/ - slow finale!
Borodin instrumental
2 string quartets- songlike themes, transpart orchestral texture, entire movements from a single thematic idea.
Musorgsky
instrumental Night on Bald Mountian 1867 Pictures at an exhibition 1874- 10 piece suite inspired by an exhibition he saw by his friend hartmann - interludes that vary a theme to represent a viewer walking through.
Korsakov
Capriccio espagnol- exoticism, arabian nights 1887 , russian easter overture 1888
Smetana
string quartet no 1 from my life 1876 national music Best know symphony THe Moldau from ma vlast 1872 and tabor- built a fortress that became a symbol of czech resistance. 2 sections slow intro and allegro 1st movement. Theme appears in full at the end.
Dvorak
9 symphonies, 4 concertos ex Symphony no 6 in d major 1880- international style- beethoven Slavonic Dances for orch. 1878 elements of czech traditional music. Most famous is symphon no 9 in e minor for the new world 1893 - indian melodies and african americans can only create national music with inspiration from folk music- wrote it in america. Pentatonic meldoes, syncoparted rhythms, drones and plagal cadences.
Edvard Grieg
1843-1907 songs, short piano pieces, orchestral suites incorporated the modal meldoes and harmonics and dance rhythms of norway. Ex Peer Gynt Suite 1875 Slatter- norwegian peasant dances that grieg arranged Another famous work Piano Concerto in A minor 1868
Edward Elgar
1857-1934 britain, most famous english composer in over 200 years. Not nationalistic- univeral classical tradioin. Wagner and brahms -leitmotives in his oratorios ex The dream of Gerontius 1900 poem by newman influenced by parsifal, orchestra expressive
The united states-
stewing pot, so many different cultures- maintained own music whale lending flavors from others. Classical , popular and folk
Theordore thomas 1835- 1905 violinist NY phil brook phil founded his own
John Philip SOusa
1854-1932 conducted the Us marine ban. Wrote programmatic fantasias to more than 100 marches, including the stars and stripes forever 1897 also wrote operettas and 70 songs.
Amy Beach
1867-1944 compositions - wrote long ones to prove women can ex Mass in e flat 1890 wrote over 120 songs.
Whitefiled chadwick
american traits pentatonic melodies, protestant psalmody rhythms and african caribbean dances symphony no 2 in B flat major.
