Expressionism Flashcards
was originally used in visual
and literary arts.
Expressionism
Russian painter, Known as a
pioneer of
abstract painting
Wassily Kandinsky
_________ veered
away from “traditional forms of beauty” to convey
powerful feelings in his music.
Schoenberg
a high degree of dissonance
expressionism
extreme contrasts of dynamics (from pianissimo to
fortissimo, very soft to very loud)
expressionism
constant changing of textures
expressionism
“distorted” melodies and harmonies
expressionism
angular melodies with wide leaps
expressionism
____ was born on September 13,
1874 in a working-class suburb of Vienna,
Austria.
Arnold Schoenberg
Expressionism uses a ______
twelve-tone system
was born in Lomonosov, Russia on
June 17, 1882.
IGOR STRAVINSKY
In his early music, he reflected
the influence of his teacher, the Russian
composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
IGOR STRAVINSKY
His
musical style added a new flavor to his
nationalistic musical style.
IGOR STRAVINSKY
His works were greatly
influenced by the German composer Richard
Wagner
Arnold Schoenberg