Music Flashcards
Its objective is to bring moods and sensuous impression through harmony and tone color, which also relates to music
Impressionism
His music creates an atmosphere or mood to match with its program or subject. He was the first European composer who deviated from the old system of tonality
Claude Debussy
He was a French composer known for melodies, harmonies, instrumental textures and effects, and orchestration. He was noted for his being very inventive, rich in ideas, and evocative in his works
Joseph Maurice Ravel
The subject matter of this music was modern human in different psychological states such as irrational, isolated, rebellious, and tense
Expressionism
He was the most influential composer of the 1900s. His first music written was Atonal or lacking in key. His use of atonality later led to his formulation of the Twelve Tone Series
Arnold Schoenberg
In this system, his 12-tone pieces dealt with melodic and harmonic piano material based on specific order of the 12 notes of the chromatic scale, the 12-tone row or set
Serialism
One of the famous works of Pierrot Lunnaire that used a different style of singing, blending songs and speech
Sprechstimme
It did not require performers, neither long rehearsals, nor specally qualified personnel. Sounds were available anytime without natural means of production
Electronic music
He composed several music pieces with the use of synthesizer and tape
Milton Bobbitt
Refers to experimentations in music with the help of electronic machines
Musique concrete
