Modern Era Part One Flashcards
Impressionism in Music
Late 19thand early 20th-century French style associated most closely with the music of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel; often programmatic
Expressionism in Music
Early 20th-century German style; marked by extreme dissonance, angular melodies, irregular rhythmic groupings
Atonality
Music that has no tonal center; no sense of key
Serialism
A compositional approach developed in the 20thcentury by the Second Viennese School; any number of musical parameters (such as pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tone colour) are organized using a specific ordering (set) that undergoes manipulation
Indeterminacy
a 20th-century development whereby composers introduced elements of chance and randomness into their scores and/or performances; also called aleatoric music
Graphic notation
visually descriptive approach to music notation; symbols and shapes outside the realm of traditional notation used to convey microtonal pitches, texture, articulation rhythm, and tempo
Neo-Classicism
A post-World War I style marked by a return to absolute music and traditional formal structures
Minimalism in Music
A style of music that evolved in the latter half of the 20thcentury; generally characterized by the seemingly endless repetition of short melodic patterns, complex cross-rhythms, and a return to tonal/modal principles
Symphony
A multi-movement orchestral work; developed in the 18thcentury, especially by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven
Cyclical Structure
Material heard in one movement recurs in later movements
Symphony NO.4 Mahler Genre, composition date, source of text, language, structure, performing forces
Genre- Symphony
Composition date- 1899-1901
Source of text- Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth’s Magic Horn)
Language of text- German
Structure- four movements
Performing forces- large orchestra with soprano soloist for the fourth movement
Symphony No. 4 Mahler one point each section
Introduction: Marked Sehr behaglich (very comfortably)
-begins with clarinet very softly
Verse1: mezzo-soprano, more expansive version of the theme
-melisma on heaven
Verse2: word painting for little lamb achieved by a two-note “bleating” figure played by oboes
Verse3: concludes with another version of the descending melodic line
Gustav Mahler dates
1669-1911
Mahler compositions
9 symphonies, unfinished 10th (resurrection, tragic, etc), lieder, das klagende, das lied von der Erde
Impressionism in Music
Late 19thand early 20th-century French style associated most closely with the music of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel; often programmatic
Whole Tone Scale
A non-traditional scale employed by composers of the late 19thand 20thcenturies; consists of six different pitches, all spaced a whole tone apart
Pentatonic Scale
A scale consisting of five different pitches; can be rendered easily by playing the five black keys on the piano
Jeux d’eau Genre, Premiere date, Translation of title, Dedicated to, Premiered by
Genre- solo piano work
Premiere date- 1902
Translation of title- Water Games
Dedicated to Gabriel Fauré
Premiered by- Ricardo Viñes
Jeux d’eau key, key, form, tempo, meter
Key- E major
Form- resembles sonata form
Tempo- Allegretto
Meter- C