Modern II Flashcards
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Roy Harris
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- 1898 – 1979, American Polytonal adaptation
- Church modes
- Neo-Romantic, but not as much as some
- Nationalist
- 20 works for acapella chorus
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Les Six
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- Le groupe des Six
- Members include:
- Auric, Durey, Honegger,
- Milhaud, Poulenc, Tailleferre
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Francis Poulenc
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- 1899 – 1963, French
- Melody – important to diatonic motion, lyric, expressive
- Prefers clear and simple harmonies with passing chromaticism
- Rapid modulation and 7th chords
- Mass, 4 Christmas motets, Gloria, Laudes de Santa Anthony
- 4 motets time of penitence
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Georges Auric
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- 1899 – 1983, French – 20th Cent.
- Several Styles, Neo-Romantic, Tonality – Atonality
- Turbulent – Modernistic
- 5 Chansons Français, 3 interludes, 8 poèmes, Alphabet
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Randall Thompson
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- 1899 – 1984, American, Neo-Romantic
- Director Curtis Institute (1939)
- Ingratiating vocal contours
- Effective sonorities, Sensitive text-setting
- Alleluia, Frostiana
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20th-century Artists
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- Picasso, Braque, Mondrian Modigliani
- Munch, Kandinsky, Pollock, Matisse
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20th-century Writers
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- Kafka, Mann, Rilke,
- Brecht, Shaw, Joyce
- Auden, Hemmingway, Sinclair
- Dylan Thomas, Sartre – Philosopher
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Aaron Copland
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- 1900 – 1990, American, Neo-Romantic
- Later – serial
- Numerous short choral works for various voicing
- 4 Motets, Early American Songs
- In The Beginning
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Gerald Finzi
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- 1901 – 1956
- 17 choral pieces
- In Terra Pax
- Magnificat
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Maurice Duruflé
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- 1902 – 1986, French/Neo-Romantic, Chant based
- Requiem, Missa Cum Jubilo, 4 motets
- Ubi Caritas, Tota pulchra es Tota
- Tu es Petrus (For the installation of a Pope)
- Tantum ergo (Communion)
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Luigi Dallapiccola
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- 1904 – 1975, Italian
- 12-tone – Neo-Romantic – vocal colors, percussion
- About 15 choral pieces of varying voicing
- Canti di Prigionia
- Sei Cori di Michelangelo Buonarroti
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Goffredo Petrassi
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- 1904 – 2003, Italian
- Most important of his generation after Dallapiccola
- Like Stravinsky – more atonal
- Several choral pieces with orchestra
- Short choral works
- Nonsense (Limericks)
- Psalm IX, Magnificat
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Hugo Distler
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- 1908 – 1942, German, Neo-Romantic
-
Morike-Chorliederbuch
- Most important secular a cappella collection of 20th c.
- Singet deem Herrn
- Der Jahrkeis – 52 motets, some accompanied
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Oliver Messiaen
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- 1908 – 1992, French Neo-Romantic
- Modes of Limited Transposition
- Mass
- O Sacrum Convivium
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William Schuman
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- 1910 – 1992, American
- 4 Canonic Choruses
- Carol of Death (iconic)
- A Free Song (Pulitzer Prize)
