Music Flashcards
focuses on suggestion and atmosphere rather than depicting emotions
the artist convey moods rather than depicting reality
impressionism
One of the earlier but concrete forms of declaring the entry of the 20th century music
impressionism
Instruments were played to create a darker sounds - low sounds
color ( timber/ tone color)
focuses on mood
- gives a feeling or mood of being transported to another place
atmosphere
unusual scales
Whole tone scale each note is separated with a whole tone
chords
Music, a scalar arrangement of pitches, each separated from the next by a whole-tone step (or whole step)
whole tone scale
He was the primary exponent of the impressionist movement and focal point for otherimpressionist composers.
“Father of Modern School of Composition”
Claude Debussy
During his stint with the school where he stayed until the early 20’s, he had composed a number of masterpieces
Maurice ravel
served as a medium for expressing strong emotions, such as anxiety, rage/anger, hostility
expressionism
The technique is a means of ensuring that all 12 notes of the chromatic scale are sounded as often as one another in a piece of music while preventing the emphasis of any one note through the use of tone rows, orderings of the 12 pitch class
12 tone scale
He is credited with the establishment of the twelve-tone system
Arnold Schoenberg
He added a new ingredient to his nationalistic musical style.
igor Stravinsky
through the use of materials from other cultures
exoticism
through the use of materials indigenous to specific countries
nationalism
through the use of materials from European ethnic groups
ethnicism
a neo-classicist, primitivist, and a nationalist composer, he used Hungarian folk themes and rhythms
bela Bartok
partial return to a classical form of writing music with carefully modulated dissonances It made use of a freer seven - note diatonic scale
neo classicism
His style is uniquely recognizable for its progressive technique, pulsating rhythms, melodic directness and a resolving dissonance
sergei prokofief
A member of the group of young composers known as “Les Six” His compositions had a cooly elegant modernity, tempered by a classical sense of proportion
FRANCIS POULENC
Innovation and application of new concepts and techniques
Dealt with the parameters or dimensions of sound in space
avant garde music
Father of American Jazz
His “mixture of primitive and sophisticated” gave his music an appeal that has lasted long after his
death
george gershwin
His philosophy was that the universal language of music is basically rooted in tonality
Leonard Bernstein
A looser form of the 20th century music development focused on nationalist composers and musical innovators who sought to combine modern techniques with folk materials
modern nationalism
The capacity of electronic machines such as synthesizers, amplifiers, tape recorders and loudspeakers to create different sounds
electronic music
The composer is able to experiment with different sounds that cannot be produced by regular
musical instruments such as piano or the violin
concrete music
“Father of Electronic Music
Edgard varese
A central figure in the realm of electronic music
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
music style that refers 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
chance music
Experimented with what came to be known as Chance Music
john cage
