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Nationalism Flashcards

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1
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Nationalism - Dates

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1900-1940s

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What is often used in Nationalist pieces?

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Folk music

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Nationalism - Tonality

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Modal tunes
Major
Minor

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Nationalism - Scales used

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Pentatonic
Modes
Chromaticism
Major/minor

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Nationalism - Harmony

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Use of modes
Dissonance
Quite consonant

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Nationalism - Rhythms/Tempo

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Marches (Marching tunes)/Folk dance
Dance-like rhythms
Dotted rhythms
Ostinati
Scotch snap rhythms
Cross rhythms
Changing metre
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Nationalism - Composers (+ country)

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Vaughan Williams (Britain)
Bartók (Hungary)
Ives (USA)
Sibelius (Finland)
Shostakovich (Russia)
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Nationalism - key features

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  • Patriotic/cultural reflections
  • Folk songs/dances
  • Programmatic forms/ideas
  • Modal tunes
  • Pentatonic scale/modes/whole-tone scale
  • Large orchestra
  • Dance-like rhythms/marching tunes (scotch snap/dactylic/ostinato/cross rhythms/changing metre)
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