Expressionism of Music

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• group of interconnected brain structures
• regulate your emotions and behavior

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limbic system

Question 2

what painting surpassed Da Vinci’s highest bid painting

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Modigliani’s Painting

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the most expensive artwork to sell in at auction

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once-controversial nude (Nu Couche) by Amedo Modigliani

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“Nu couche (sur le cote gauche)”

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depicts a naked female figure in repose

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what painting is sold for 157.2 million at Sotheby’s New York

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Nu couche (sur le cote gauche) 1917

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originally used in visual and literary arts

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Expressionism

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It was first applied to music in 1918

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Expressionism

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who veered away from traditional forms of beauty

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Arnold Schoenberg

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schoenberg veered away from traditional forms of beauty to

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convey powerful feelings in his music

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characteristics of expressionism

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• high degree of dissonance
• contrasts of dynamics
• changing of textures
• distorted
• has wide leaps

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dissonance

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quality of sounds that is unstable

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from pianissimo to fortissimo, very soft to very loud

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contrasts of dynamics

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____ melodies and harmonies

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distorted

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angular melodies with ____

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wide leaps

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Composers that used expressionism

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• Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
• Igor Stravinsky
  (1874-1951)

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works are greatly influenced by Richard Wagner (german composer)

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Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)

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established the twelve-tone system

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Arnold Shoenberg
(1874-1951)

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Favorite composer of Adolf Hitler

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Richard Wagner
(romantic composer)

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Best known operas of Richard Wagner

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• Four-opera epic
• The ring cycle
• Tristan und Isolde
• Parsifal

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Works of Arnold Shoenberg

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• Verklarte Nacht
• Three pieces for piano, op. 11
• Pierrot Lunaire
• Violin Concerto
• Skandalkonzert

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concert of Wiener Konzertverein

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Skandalkonzert

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Three pieces for piano, op. 11

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Arnold Shoenberg

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his early music is influenced by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (russian composer)

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Igor Stravinskiy
(1974- 1951)

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first notable compostion was
“The Firebird Suite (1910)”

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Igor Stravinsky

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added a new ingredient to his nationalistic musical style

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Igor Stravinsky

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A classical composer, became teacher at the St. Petersburg Conservatory

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

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he had a little formal music education himself

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

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best known for Capriccio Espagnol

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

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Best known works of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

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• Capriccio Espagnol
• the Russian Easter Festival Overture
• the symphonic Suite Scheherazade

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Works of Igor Stravinsky

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• Ballet Petrouchka
• The Nightingale
• Three Tales for Children
• Duo Concertant
• The Rake’s Progress (full length opera)

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featuring shifting rhythms and polytonality

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Ballet Petrouchka (igor stravinsky)

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signature device of Igor Stravinsky

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shifting rhythms and polytonality

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Igor’s first notable composition

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The Firebird Suite (1910)