Expressionism/Electronic/Chance Music Flashcards
A MODERNIST MOVEMENT AND WAS INITIALLY AN EXPRESSION IN PAINTING AND POETRY. THIS EVOKES MOODS AND IDEAS FOR WHICH THE ARTISTS SEEKS TO EXPRESS MEANING OR EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE RATHER THAN PHYSICAL REALITY.
Expressionism
IN GERMANY, BECAME IDENTICAL DENUNCIATION OF WESTERN PRINCIPLES OF NATURALISM AND IT STARTED TO SYMBOLIZE THE IDEA OF MODERN AND RADICAL ART.
Expressionism
IT CONVEYS TRUE EMOTIONS IN EXAGGERATION THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF ATONALITY AND DISSONANCE OR THE LACK OF INCONSISTENCY IN MUSIC.
Expressionism
One of the most influential composers of 20th century. He was a great American composer born in Vienna, Austria on September 13, 1874 and died in Los Angeles, California on July 13, 1951.
Arnold Schoenberg
He was self-taught. As composer, his method of organizing his music was the use of semi-tone scale which is 12 different chromatic tones, which was greatly influenced by the modern technique and development.
His most popular expressionist composition is the PIERROT LUNAIRE Op.21 he applied the style called SPRECHSTIMME – speech song.
Arnold Schoenberg
He studied at Vienna and learned to play cello and violin. When his father died, he became a bank clerk and used his earnings to finance arranging songs and orchestrating operettas.
He studied counterpoint under ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINSKY.
Arnold Schoenberg
The Violin Concerto Op 36. and Piano Concerto Op.42
A Survivor from Warsaw Op 46. (1947) dramatic cantata
Arnold Schoenberg
He’s considered as the father of electronic music. A French composer who spent most of his career and life in the United States of America.
Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varese
His music highlights rhythm and timbre. He was the proponent of the word, “organized sound”, which means grouping of rhythms and timbres to define music itself. He added one layer of sound to the polyphony to create new form of sound.
Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varese
A PROCESS OF CREATING MUSIC USING COMPUTERS IN SYNTHESIZING OR PRODUCING DIGITAL AUDIO SIGNALS.
Electronic Music
PERFORMANCE OF MODERN MUSIC IS NOT LIMITED TO THE HUMAN PERFORMERS, IT CAN BE MANIPULATED LIKE BABY’S CRY, SCREAM, SNEEZING SOUNDS.
Electronic Music
NEED TO CREATE NEW WAYS OF NOTATING SINCE TRADITIONAL WAYS CANNOT PROVIDE EXACT MEANS OF NOTATING THIS ONE.
Electronic Music
IT FORSAKEN THE ELEMENTS OF BEAT AND METER HAVE CONSIDERED TIME INSTEAD.
Electronic Music
“Wherever we are, what we hear is mostly noise. When we ignore it, it disturbs us. When we listen to it, we find it fascinating.”
John Cage
IT IS A STYLE OF MUSIC WHERE DIFFERENT SOUNDS, MUSICAL OR NON-MUSICAL, ARE ASSEMBLED AND COMBINED TOGETHER TO CREATE ANY MUSICAL COMPOSITION BASED ON CHANCE.
Aleatory or Chance Music
