exam review #5 Flashcards
start of 20th century
1900
expressionism
fascination with the unconscious and inner feelings
atonality
no key center could be heard (12 tone system)
primitivism
a movement in painting at the beginning of the 20th century
minimalistic/minimalism
emphasizes repetition, shifting rhythmic patterns, and compositio
sprechstimme
speech song
prepared piano
putting different objects into string of piano to alter sound
glissando
rapid slide up or down a scale
cluster chord
a chord made up of tones only half a step or a whole step apart
twelve tone
organizing all 12 notes into a system
modernism
movement of self conscious innovation
neoclassicism
style that based new compositions upon devices and forms of the classical and baroque
avant garde
music at the forefront of experimentation and innovation
antiphony
placing members of an ensemble around the room rather than on state
cages sonatas and interludes how many?
20
what was stills symphony inspired from
created blues and from orchestras
was the 20th century peaceful or war ridden
war ridden
What composer used symbolism? Primitivism? Neo-classicism? Expressionism
Debussy
characteristics of Neo classicism
balance clarity and objectivity
characteristics of expressionism
shock the audience, communicate tension and anguish
american composers
jazz was nationalist music
number of parts for rite of spring
2 parts
Composers who studied with Schoenberg
John cage
Appalachian Spring
* Recognizable theme
* What genre
he lives of a young pioneer husband and his bride beginning a life together on the American frontier
genre musical composition
Jazz music
* Nationalism or Exoticism
For American composers, jazz was nationalist music
For European composers, jazz was exoticism
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
* What genre?
musical impressionism
what genre is stravinsky known for
Neo classical
John Cage
* Type of music?
* 4’33
chance music
sitting for 4 mins 33 sec without playing a note
new inventions of the time period
computers, internet, artificial textiles, chemicals
