modernism Flashcards
has wide leaps difficult to sing and melodies are unpredictable
complex more fragmentary vague
melody
more and more dissonant
harmony
influence of non western music
new scales
emphasis on irregularity and unpredictability. composers influenced by jazz and folk music
unconventional metes
rhythm
2 or more contrasting rhythms at the same time
polyrhythm
rhythmic repetition of a group of pitches (a motive or brief melody heard over and over)
ostinato
based on a scale or church mode
tonality
no tonal center. not based on a church mode or scale
atonality
french composer
tone color
parallel chords
impressionism
claude debussy
stress on tone color atmosphere and fluidity
impressionism
is equal to that of melody harmony and rhythm lacks sharp articulations blurred edges
tone color
an invention of debussy chords following each other that are not harmonically related
parallel chords
jewish forced to leave germany because of nazi’s. came to the united states
spent the rest of his life in los angeles
taught at UCLA
german composer
arnold schoenberg 1874-1951
exploiting extreme states extending all the way to hysteria, nightmare, even insanity
expressionism
new musical language invented in the 1920s by arnold schoenberg. created a special set (tone row) of 12 pitches for every serial composition atonal
serialism
russian composer
neoclassic
primitivism
13 ballet scores including the Rite of Spring
a riot broke out at the premier of the Rite of Spring
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
pounding rhythms and heavy accents
primitivism
born in danbury Connecticut
first significant american composer
1947 won a pulitzer prize for his third symphony written 40 years earlier
charles ives (1874-1954)
three contrasting groups strings solo trumpet wind quartet layered texture tonal and atonal
the unanswered question
each layer has its own tempo and some keys
layered texture
modernistic composer who collected edited and arranged folksongs piano study in mixed accents monophonic atonal uses all the registers of the piano
ruth crawford (1901-1953)
french composer neoclassic concertino for har and orchestra rondo form fugue in C section
germaine tailleferre (1892-1982)
neoclassic
lightness and clarity
born in Mississippi grew up in little rock AR afro american symphony a black pierrot from songs of separation art song through composed chromatic
william grant still
hungarian composer and pianist
influenced by the nationalistic movement
spent most of his free time in tiny villages recording folk songs on a cylinder phonograph
bela bartok
born in brooklyn NY
america’s dean of composers
goal was to write american music
aaron copland (1900-1990)
performance medium : orchestra
rodeo was written for a ballet
uses folk melodies
form: rondo
Hoe Down from Rodeo
