Music history 5 midterm Flashcards
Impressionists
Sought to convey atmosphere and sensuous impressions from nature, adopting a stance of detached observation rather than direct emotional engagement. to CAPTURE AN INSTANT IN TIME, as one apprehends a scene, before reason can process it. *Monet’s paintings (let the viewer fill in the missing details, effect of light on object same as object itself)
Paul Hindemith
b. 1895-1963 violinist, violist. Kammermusik n. 1 (1992) siren at the end of the work hindemith loves this work
Jean Sibelius
b.1865-1957)
known for his symphonies
from Finland
Findlandia (1899, rev. 1900)
Kavelala-Finnish national epic poem (1835)
symphony n. 5 in Eb major (1919)finally after revisions
*sibelius called the 3rd mvt his swan hymn
Florence Price
b.1887-1953
Studied at NEC (1903-1906) organ, piano
moved to Chicago to study composition at American conservatory
wins the wanamaker competition for symphony n. 1 in e minor
first African american woman to have her symphony premiered by chicago symphony orchestra
The fin-de-siecle
end of the century (19th-20th) the world was changing and art had to respond
impressionism
a sense of musical ambiance. Sound and harmonic experience, ambiguity. Focus on being somewhere in a specific time & place **Claude monet
symbolism
the use of symbols as communicators originating in french lit in late 19th century where subjects are presented by suggestion and allusion; music associated with blurring of harmonic; melodic & structural forms. Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine
Exoticism
rhythms, melodies and instrumetnation are designed to sound like music from another culture/country. The idea of “other.”
Atonal
music that avoids establishing a central pitch or tonal music
expressionism
bold use of color, vague outlines. All to convey powerful feelings/moods
serialism
12-tone music.. the use of numbers and patterns to create melody—emancipation of dissonance. 12 tone row has same function as a scale in tonal music.
neoclassicism
a reaction against emotional romantic music. ORder, balance, economy and emotional restraint
Impressionism composer examples
Debussy-Afternoon of a Faune (1894)
Nuages (1898)
Pagodes (1903)
Charles Ives
St. Gaudens in Boston Common
Exoticism composer examples
Debussy- Pagodes (1903)
Expressionism composer examples
Schoneburg-“Pierrot Lunaire” op.10 1912
Alan Berg-Wozzek 1917 -22
