DMA 20th Century Definitions

Question 1

Sprechstimme-

Answer 1

Singing that closely resembles speech, the rhythms are adhered to but the pitches are not. (e.g., Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire, & Berg’s Wozzeck)

Question 2

Extended Technique-

Answer 2

using an instrument outside the normal perameters

E.g., George Crumb Black Angels, 13 Images from the Dark Land

Question 3

Composers of the Second Viennese School-

Answer 3

Schoenberg, Berg, & Webern

Question 4

Musique concrete-

Answer 4

Electric acoustic music. Composers took a sound from nature, break down the sounds in the studio, and remix sound bites into a composition. (Varese’s Poème électronique)

Question 5

Minimalism-

Answer 5

1960 Movement from New York that experimented with classical and pop, featured Consonant Harmony & Reiteration musical phrases. (Steve Reich, Clapping Music)

Question 6

Prepared Piano-

Answer 6

a piano that has had its sound altered by placing objects (called preparations) on or between the strings. (John Cage)

Question 7

Polyrhythms-is the simultaneous use of two or more rhythms that are not readily perceived as deriving from one another, or as simple manifestations of the same meter. Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring, Le Sacre du printemps

Answer 7

is the simultaneous use of two or more rhythms that are not readily perceived as deriving from one another, or as simple manifestations of the same meter.( Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring, Le Sacre du Printemps).