Music between the two world wars Flashcards
Who are Les Six?
-six younger composers, strong influence of neoclassicism Arthur Honegger Darius Milhaud Francis Poulenc Germaine Tailleferre (girl) George Auric Louis Durey
What did Les Six want to do?
free French music from foreign domination
Do Les six write the same kinds of works?
no, highly individual
Who is the most neoclassic of Les Six?
Tailleferre
Who is the most acant garde
Auric
Who are the most individual
Honegger, Milhaud, and Pulenc
What was Honegger’s style?
- Dynamic action
- short breathed melodies
- stong ostinato rhythms
- bold colors, dissonant harmonies
What is king david?
an oratorio by Honegger
How is Darius Milhaud different and the same as Honegger?
They both have uniquely diverse works
-Milhaud is a little more prolific
La creation du monde (Listening)
Milhaud
- it’s secular
- neoclassic and modernist traits
- blende ingenuity, freshness, variety and open to foreign influence
- but not GERMAN
Die Moritat con Mackie Messer (listening)
Kurt Weill
- lifting melodies belies brutal image
- goes to america
- makes broadway musicals
Who is associated with the term Gebrauchsmusik?
Paul Hindemith
-it was challenging but rewarding
what is harmonic fluctuation?
consonant chords, greater dissonance, return to consonance
-Paul HIndemith
Symphony Mathis der Mahler (listening)
Hindemith
- 1933
- symphony
- example of harmonic fluctuation
- tried to close the gap between classic and modern music (make it more accessible)
- music was banned by the nazis because of its message of an artists place in politics
What was an example of how Hindemith’s applied mature music style?
-sonatas for every instrument
-wrote a piano piece that goes in every key
kind of like Bach’s well tempered calvier
