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It made use of the whole tone scale
Impressionism
Applied suggested rather than depicted reality
impressionism
Created a mood rather than definite picture
impressionism
had a translucent and hazy texture
impressionism
lacking a dominant tonic relationship
impressionism
made use of overlapping chords
impressionism
Late 19th and 20th century
impressionism
Conveying the moods and emotions aroused by the subject rather than a detailed tone picture
impressionism
A french composer whose works were seminal force in the music of 20th century
Achille Claude Debussy
He developed a highly original system of harmony and musical structure that expressed in many respects the ideals to which the Impressionist and Symbolist painters and writers of his time aspired
achille claude debussy
What are Claude Debussy’s works
Claire de Lune, La Mer, Children’s Corner Suit
Clair de Lune, La Mer and Children’s Corner Suit are the works of?
Achille Claude Debussy
was a 19th and early 20th century French composer of classical music.
Joseph Maurice Ravel
The ballet work of Joseph Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloe
Some of his works are Moroirs, Sonatine, Daphnis et Chloe, Jeux d’Eau and Bolero
Joseph Maurice Ravel
The 5 works of Joseph Maurice Ravel
Moroirs, Sonatine, Daphnis et Chloe, Jeux d’Eau and Bolero
revealed the composer’s mind, instead of presenting an impression of the environment. It used atonality and the twelve-tone scale, lacking stable and conventional harmonies.
Expressionism
It served as a medium for expressing strong emotions, such as anxiety, rage, and alienation.
Expressionism
is credited with the establishment of the twelve-tone system.
Arnold Schoenberg
His works are Verklarte Nacht, Violin Concerto, Piano Concerto, Gurrelieder
Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg’s works are
Verklarte Nacht, Violin Concerto, Piano Concerto, Gurrelieder
His total works are 213
Arnold Schoenberg
His total works are 127
Igor Stravinsky
What is the ballet work of igor
Petrouchka
Igor Stravinsky’s works are
The Rite of spring, petrouchka, the firebird suite
Bela’s first nationalistic poem
Kossuth
it represents bela’s greatest achievement in life
six string quartets
a five-movement work composed late in Bartok’s life,
Concerto for orchestra
a set of six books containing progressive technical piano pieces
Mikroskosmos
his total works are 695
Bela Bartok
name all the works of bela bartok
string Quartet no. 4, Allegro, Mikrokosmos, Barbaro, Music for Strings
was a partial return to a classical form of writing music with carefully modulated dissonances.
Neo classicism
It made use of a freer seven-note diatonic scale
Neoclassicism
is regarded today as a combination of neo-classicist, nationalist, and avant grade composer.
Sergei Prokofieff
A lighthearted orchestral work for children
Peter and the wolf
some of sergei prokieff’s works are
romeo and juliet, piano sonatas, and peter and the wolf
was associated with electronic music and dealt with the parameter or dimensions of sound in space.
Avant Garde
It made use of variations of self-contained note group to change musical continuity, and improvisation, with an absence of traditional rules on harmony, melody, and rhythm.
Avant garde
An American in Paris, Porgy and Bess, Rhapsody in Blue, Someone to Watch Over Me
George gershwin
Tonight from West Side Story, Clarinet Sonata
Leonard Bernstein
Einstein on the Beach, Satyagraha, Akhnaten
Philip Glass
is a looser form of 20th century music development focused on nationalist composers and musical innovators who sought to combine modern techniques with folk materials.
Modern Nationalism
T he capacity of electronic machines such as synthesizers, amplifiers, tape recorders, and loudspeakers to create different sounds was given importance by 20th century composers like Edgar Varese, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Mario Davidovsky.
Electronic Music
Music that uses the tape recorder
Concrete Music
Concerto for Two Pianos, Dialogues des Carmelites
Frances Poulenc
Hyperprism for wind and percussion, Octandre for seven wind instruments and double bass, Intégrales for wind and percussion, Ionisation for 13 percussion players
Edguard Varese
Etude, Electronic STUDIES I and II, Gesang der Junglinge, Kontakte, Momente, Hymnen
Karlheinz Stockhausen
refers to a style wherein the piece always sounds different at every performance because of the random techniques of production, including the use of ring modulators or natural elements that become a part of the music. Most of the sounds emanate from the surroundings, both natural and man-made,
chance music
4’33”; Metamorphosis, for piano; Five Songs, for contralto soloist and piano; Music for Wind Instruments, for wind quintet
John Cage
