feb 17 Flashcards
type of theater that uses script acting and spoken dialogue with music singing dancing scenery and costumes
musical or musical comedy
conductor pianist author lecturer and composer
Leonard bernstein (1918-1990)
uses elements of jazz in orchestration and syncopated rhythms. texture: homophonic/ polyphonic
tonight from west side story
certain elements are not precisely specified by the composer, but left to chance- in a way that is usually specified by the composer
chance music
american composer- creator of chance music
john cage (1912-1992)
shortly after WWII composers began incorporating the sounds of life into their compositions
music concrete
greater exploitation of noise like sounds
liberation of sound
electronic music with slide show films or light shows
mixed media
born in france moved to US
electronic music
Poème électronique
edgard varese ( 1883-1965)
major african american performance style that had influenced all of 20th century popular music began around 1910
jazz
a spontaneous creation of music
improvisation
some of the accents in music are moved away from the main beat
syncopation
percussion, piano, and string bass emphases meter forcefully
rhythm section
play syncopating music that cuts across the rhythm
melody instruments
accents are moved just a fraction of a beat ahead of metrical points swing
beat syncopation
a style of piano playing developed by black musicians playing in bars, dives and brothels. left hand is strictly on the beat. right hand has syncopated rhythm in a crisp cheerful way
ragtime
leading rag composer; Maple leaf Rag
scott joplin
right hand plays the melody and the left hand alternates between the bass notes on the strong beats and chords on the weak beats
stride piano
black folk song whose subject is loneliness, trouble, depression, and lost love. emerged in the 1900’s
blues
A- line of text
A- line of text
B- new line with last word rhyming with the last word of A
12 bar blues
first important center of jazz
new orleans
1901-1971– born in poverty in new orleans. cornet, trumpet, and singer
louis armstrong
improvising simultaneously
jamming`
10-25 players, improvisation was more limited. band orchestration was developed based on the contrast between brass and reeds
big band
1899-1974
washington DC
a major bandleader who also composed and arranged
duke ellington
jazz style of the 1940s. return to improvisation. new technical virtuosity, very fast playing, percussive sounds and sharp snap rhythms. complex harmonies and difficult to follow chord changes
bebop
small group of players trumpet sax rhythm section and piano
combo
(the bird) saxophonist bebop’s greatest genius
charlie parker
