Music Flashcards
Natural Phenomenon
Impressionism
Father of modern school of composition (composer)
Claude Debussy
Changed the sequence of music (composer)
Claude Debussy
Works on Nature Sounds
Impressionism
Ventured into visual arts (composer)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Perfectionist Composer
MAURICE RAVEL
Strong advocate of Russian Music (composer)
MAURICE RAVEL
Twelve tone scale, high level of dissonance
EXPRESSIONISM
Strong emotions, anxiety, rage, alienation
EXPRESSIONISM
Borrowed from visual arts and literature
EXPRESSIONISM
Serial Technique (composer)
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
What does Sprechstimmre means?
HALF SUNG HALF SPOKEN
How many musical compositions did Arnold Schoenberg make?
213 musical compositions
Give one famous works of Arnold Schoenberg
VERKLARTE NACHT, THREE PIECES OR PIANO OP 1, PIERROT LUNAIRE, GURRELEIDER
Absence of Key
Atonality
Color, whole tone scale
IMPRESSIONISM
Light, entertaining, cool, independent
NEOCLASSICISM
seven note diatonic scale
NEOCLASSICISM
Traditional way with frequent changes (composer)
IGOR STRAVINSKY
offbeat syncopation (composer)
IGOR STRAVINSKY
How many musical works did Igor Stravinsky make?
127
Firebird, Petrushka, The rite of spring, The wedding and Agon are ______ works. (composer)
Igor Stravinsky
Combined movements of music (composer)
SERGEI PROKOFIEFF
Progressive technique, pulsating rhythms, melodic directness (composer)
SERGEI PROKOFIEFF
Productive and prolific composer
SERGEI PROKOFIEFF
Vanguard of Experimentation and innovation period
AVANT GARDE
Experimental Music
AVANT GARDE
Phenomenal composer, cross over artist
GEORGE GERSWIN
Father of American Jazz
GEORGE GERSWIN
how many musical works did George Gerswin make?
369 musical works
What does Les Six means
Half Jazz Half Classic
Modern techniques with folk materials
Modern Nationalism
Two or more tonal centers
Modern Nationalism
