Cool and classical Flashcards
2 eg tracks and MF not inc Gershwin for classical
‘The Golliwog’s cake walk’ (1913) - Claude Debussy
Vamping LH piano, syncopated melody, unison intro, rondoesque structure - minstrel and ragtime
‘Ebony Concerto’ - Igor Stravinsky (1945)
Living in US, worked with Benny Goodman
Written for woody Herman and his O
Jaunty rhythms
Same instr as jazz line up
Gershwin eg track and background
‘Piano concerto in F’ - George Gershwin (1925)
Rhapsody in blue 1924, FH and O’s concert for symphonic jazz - v popular therefore commissioned to write a concerto for piano and orchestra
First performed at Carnegie hall, 1925
Mvt 1
Chromaticism and extended harmony used, rising chormatic semitone chords after fig 2
Syncopation of RH melody of piano part (at piano entry)
Mvt 2
Key of Db, blue notes in trumpet solo (B% and E%) in first few bars
‘Ad lib’ and ‘muted with felt crown’ - changes in timbre and improv style like LA, DE and king Oliver
Parallel motion / chromaticism of cl., similar to that used in big band b4
Mvt 3
Chromaticism and extended harmony fig 12
Vamping material in the way the instr is used (off beats/ melody in RH piano, on beat 1/5 cello / horn fig 19
Example track and MF for cool (7)
‘Boplicity’ - miles Davis arr. by Gil Evans (written 1949, released 1957)
Melody based on arpeggios, sporadic improv eg piano solo b85-92
In head section melody = conjunct and lyrical based on harmony with extended arpeggios
Texture - homophonic (chordal) instr moving together in rhythmic unison (opening head section)
Extended harmony b41-5 = F, Gm7, C7(b9), F7(#5)(b9), B*7
Relaxed tempo (‘cool’), crotchet = 90 bpm
Formal swing in head, syncopation and swing rhythms
Sandwich form
Nonet - horn section (alto + BARI sax, trumpet, FR. HORN, trombone, TUBA : melodic instr)
- Rhythm section (piano - comps in solos, walking bass, drums keep beat and use brushed on ride cymbal)
