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quiz 5 Flashcards

1
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impressionism captures what

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fragmentary immediacy of human perception

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impressionism in paintings chars

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water, play of light, not abstract but just unclear, soft hues, hazy, indistinct, nature scenes

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impressionism chars in music

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exotic scales > pentatonic, whole tone, octatonic, modes

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monet when

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1840-1926

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monet who

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imp painter

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debussy when

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1862-1918 62-18 like bad vision idk

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debussy what and studied where

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innovative fr composer; paris conservatory

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debussy chars

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lush harmonics, very chromatic, dont often resolve, extended chords, harmonic planing, pedal tones, exotic scales, rhythmically free

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program symphony

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multi mvt comp, extramusical content

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extended chord

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chords of 4+ pitches stacked

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exotic scales which

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pent, whole tone, octatonic, modes

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pent scale

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5 pitch

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whole tone scale

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every interval whole

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oct scale

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alt half and whole steps

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modes

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diatonic scales other than maj + min

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harmonic planing

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progression where each chord has same intervallic content

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pedal tone/pt

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long notes usually in bass > sound against harmonies in upper parts

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ww1 when

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1914-18

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ww2 when

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1939-45

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20
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modernism

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innovative stylistic devs in 1st half of 20th cent

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21
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primitivism what

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art of non-euro cultures in “lesser stage” of cultural dev; humanity in its infancy; form of exoticism, rejection of eu society and indust rev in 1900

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primitivism painting chars

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block-like forms, simple, surreal colors, rough, dark outlines, relig icons and idols, rejection of trad sculpting mtls

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gaugin when

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1848-1903

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gaugin who

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primitivist painter, french, interested in s pacific, moved to tahiti

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igor stravinsky when

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1882-1971

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stravinsky what

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russian composer 20th cent, moved to us, wrote for russian ballet

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27
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rite of spring when

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1913

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28
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rite of spring big event and when

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riot 1913 first performance

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29
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rite of spring genre

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ballet score

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30
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rite of spring parts

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adoration of earth + the sacrifice; subdivision into individually named dances

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31
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rite of spring style

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primitivist

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32
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rite of spring form

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block

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33
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rite of spring chars

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unpredictable accents, asymm meters, rhythmic, dissonant, polytonal

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34
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ballet score

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orch music to be played during….. a …. i forget

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35
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block form

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abrupt juxta of different musical tableaux > crude craftsmanship; sometimes layered on top of each other

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36
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polyrhythm

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simult combination of contrasting rhythms

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polytonality

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simultaneous juxtaposition of 2+ key areas in diff parts of orch

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38
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commission

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money paid to artist to facilitate creation of new work for specific ensemble, performance, occasion

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39
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pizzicato

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bitch…

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40
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nadia boulanger when

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1887-1979 (baker 8oz -1; smashing pumpkins pie bc shes a baker)

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41
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nadia boulanger what

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fr teacher of composition, conductor, keyboardist; studied at Paris conservatory with faure

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42
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nadia boulanger significance as a conductor

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one of first female professional conductors

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43
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nadia boulanger teacher significance

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one of foremost comp teachers of 20th cent; from 16-death at 92

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44
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n boulanger taught where

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american conserv at fountainbleu and paris conserv; taught several important composers as bernstain, copeland, glass

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45
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lily boulanger when

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1893-1918

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46
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l boulanger

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younger sister of nadia; performing + composing musician

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47
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l boulanger cause of death

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chron intest tb

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48
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l boulanger big achievement

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prix de rome faust et helen; FIRST WOMAN

49
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l boulanger influences

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impress + exoticist; soc + pol issues; war; chinoiserie

50
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prix de rome

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competition sponsored by fr acad des beaux arts > award is funded pd of study in rome; rite of passage + monetary support

51
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prix de rome when

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1803-1968

52
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cantata

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music composition with inst accomp; rec then aria - rec-can, then tAta-aria

53
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expressionism where and when

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germany scandinavia, 1880-1925
expressive: long = later in cent; even nbrs e and e

54
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expressionism traits

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intense emotion, isolation, madness, deranged psych state; reaction to impressionism and realism

55
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expressionist painting chars

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distortions of color, form; unease, altered reality

56
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expressionist subject matter

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war, poverty, disease, inhumanity

57
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arnold schoenberg when

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1874-1951 “almost pretty aka schoen” > they are almost even numbers
arnold palmer 50/50 death

58
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schoenberg who

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austrian jewish composer, assc with vienna; one of most important composers of 20th cent; one of first modernists

59
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schoenberg style traits

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abandoned tonality c 1908; rejected by several contemps; 12-tone composition

60
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atonality

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dissonance used freely; no harmony rules. intentional avoidance of pitch ctr > no tonic. all 12 pitches in an octave used anytime

61
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bartok when

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1881-1945
birth symmetrical; death ww2 (expressionism > war)

62
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bartok what

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hungarian composer, pianist, prof at budapest acad of music, scholar of ethnic music

63
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bartok studies

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fieldwork in remote peasant villages outside of austro-hung empire, recorded + studied ethnic unwritten music trad > compiling more than 10k romanian, slovak, hung folksongs

64
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bartok musical chars

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dissonance, chromatic scale, atonal, rhythmically innovative; asymmetrical, surprise accents, percussive style; musical palindrome, arch form, bartok pizz, glissando, nationalism, primitivism

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ethnomusicology

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bartok area of study; scientific study, collection, classification of music from non western cultures

66
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use of recording tech in field work

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recovery of preservation of folk trad as inspiration for other music rooted in heritage of ethnic group; nationalist/primitivist; use of phonographs

67
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musical nationalism

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i feel like… you know this

68
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musical palindrome

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same forwards as backwards

69
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arch form

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entire mvt is palindromic for larger formal sections

70
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influence of folk in early 20c nationalism

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use as inspiration for heritage of specific national/ethnic group

71
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ext technique

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using instrument in a weird way

72
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cowell when

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1897-1965
birth same as boulanger but +10 bc cow is a butcher not a baker; 1965 is almost mom (well/even)

73
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cowell what

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composer, music theorist, author, pianist

74
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cowell wrote what

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new musical resources

75
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cowell innovations

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string piano (playing the actual strings); tone cluster

76
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tone cluster

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all notes between notes

77
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string piano

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ext technique; playing the strings

78
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amer ultra modernism when

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1920-30s

79
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amer ultramod what

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expanding dissonance; colorful clashing, disparity, rich in spiritual resonance; “dissonating” dynamics

80
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crawford seeger when

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1901-1953
born a century before you and you both like horror; died same year as price and they’re both women. seeger 53

81
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crawford seeger what

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amer ultramodernist composer; specialist in amer trad folk music. model for dissonant counterpoint. approaches to serialism

82
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serialism

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12 tone music

83
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crawford seeger works often cast as

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conventional classic/romantic genres, forms > suites, chamber song, char piece, string quartet, sonata etc

84
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seeger folk influence

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transcription, editing, arrangements of amer folk music in 40s, 50s

85
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mixed chamber ensemble

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alto voice, alto flute, viola, guitar, vibraphone, xylorimba, unpitched percussion

86
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carl sandburg when

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1878-1967
78 birth bc hes a year off of mom; 67 “sand a year off”

87
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sandburg what

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amer poet; seeger set a lot of her songs to his shit

88
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dissonant counterpoint

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combo of diff melodic lines in dissonant way

89
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florence beatrice price when

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1887-1953
idk. 87 seems like a common price? also 50c + 3 names = 53 also same as seeger death they are both women

90
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price what

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amer composer, pianist, organist, music teacher

91
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price big achievement

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first afr amer woman to be recognized as symph composer; first to have comp played by major orch

92
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price style

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afr amer folk incorp into late romantic style

93
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juba dance

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form of handclapping and body slapping practiced by afr amer to accomp improv dance; complex cross rhythms with footfalls; sometimes a chant; earliest recorded ref on plantations in 1820s

94
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debussy la mer 1 de laube a midi sur la mer genre

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program symphony or orch suite

95
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debussy estampes no 1 pagodes genre

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character piece

96
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what is a pagoda

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type of east asian tiered tower > nepal, china, japan, Korea, etc

97
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estampes genre

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cycle of character pieces

98
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stravinsky le sacre du printemps style

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primitivism

99
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stravinsky sacre du printemps genre

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ballet score

100
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l boulanger vielle priere bouddhique form

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aba

101
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l boulanger vielle priere bouddhique style

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impressionist, exotic or primitivist; chant, drone, pedal tones, modal, parallel motion, textless womens voices

102
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vielle priere bouddhique ensemble

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tenor solo, chorus, orch

103
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debussy style

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impressionist

104
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vielle priere bouddhique genre

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secular cantata

105
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cowell banshee genre

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char piece

106
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cowell voice of lir genre

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char piece ???

107
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seeger string quartet style

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um string quartet, conventional, 4mvt > fast, scherzo, slow, fast

108
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seeger string qt mvt 1 genre

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sonata? quartet?

109
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seeger in tall grass style

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ultramodernist

110
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seeger in tall grass genre

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art song (?)

111
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bartok music for strings mvt 1 ensemble

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string orch + celesta

112
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bartok music for strings mvt 1 texture

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imit poly, atonal

113
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bartok style

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neoclassicism

114
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bartok music for strings etc genre

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related to symphony

115
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bartok string quart 4 mt 5 genre

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string qt (masterwork????)

116
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bartok string quart 4 mt 5 form

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large scale arch form > 1st + 5th, 2nd + 4th; unique 3rd

117
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price juba dance style

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juba….dance within classical form

118
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price juba dance genre

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symphony

119
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pagodes style

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exotic, impressionist

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