RCM 9 History John Adams and "Short Ride in a Fast Machine" T16 Flashcards
What is John Adams’s ethnicity?
John Adams is an american.
What instrument did he play?
He played the clarinet, while also being a composer, teacher, and conductor.
The emerging ______ style of the 1960s and 1970s caught the young Adams’s attention, and composers such as Steve Reich and Philip Glass became very ______ in the development of his musical ____.
The emerging minimalist style of the 1960s and 1970s caught the young Adams’s attention, and composers such as Steve Reich and Philip Glass became very influential in the development of his musical style.
Adams has come to represent “the next generation” of _______ composers. He is often described as a “post-______.”
Adams has come to represent “the next generation” of minimalist composers. He is often described as a “post-minimalist.”
In the Section 1 of “Short Ride in a Fast Machine”
The wood block maintains a ___ beat as the music _____ itself forward.
A high wood block marks the beat
In the Section 1 of “Short Ride in a Fast Machine”
The wood block maintains a strict beat as the music propels itself forward.
A high wood block marks the beat
In the Section 2 of “Short Ride in a Fast Machine”
The beat is now marked by a ___ wood block
A shift as ____ and ____ take over from ___
In the Section 2 of “Short Ride in a Fast Machine”
The beat is now marked by a low wood block
A shift as winds and strings take over from brass
In the Section 3 of “Short Ride in a Fast Machine”
The ___ wood block returns and marks the beat, switching to a ____ wood block halfway-through.
The music softens and _______.
In the Section 3 of “Short Ride in a Fast Machine”
The high wood block returns and marks the best, switching to a medium wood block halfway-through.
The music softens and stabilises.
In the Section 4 of “Short Ride in a Fast Machine”
The wood block is _____ entirely
Trumpets dominate the rest of the work, reinforcing the _____ style
Marked “slightly _____”
In the Section 4 of “Short Ride in a Fast Machine”
The wood block is eliminated entirely
Trumpets dominate the rest of the work, reinforcing the fanfare style
Marked “slightly slower”
Adams came to embrace the emerging ______ style developed in the 1960s and 1970s by composers such as ____ ____ and Philip Glass.
Adams came to embrace the emerging minimalist style developed in the 1960s and 1970s by composers such as Steve Reich and Philip Glass.
Adams represents “the next generation” of _____ composers; he is often termed a post-______.
Adams represents “the next generation” of minimalist composers; he is often termed a post-minimalist.
Adams’works are usually ___ and/or modal; he consciously ____ the ____ models to which he was exposed as a student.
Adams’s works are usually tonal and/or modal; he consciously rejected the atonal models to which he was exposed as a student.
Adams’ approach to rhythm and meter reflects minimalism’s ______ for the non-stopping, ____ rhythm (moto perpetuo).
Adams’ approach to rhythm and meter reflects minimalism’s tendency for the non-stopping, driving rhythm (moto perpetuo).
Adams frequently uses ____ patterns, syncopation, and complex polyrhythms that result in a “rhythmic _______.”
Adams frequently uses ostinato patterns, syncopation, and complex polyrhythms that result in a “rhythmic dissonance.”
Adams’s orchestral works lean toward ________ elements, including evocative titles.
Adams’s orchestral works lean toward programmatic elements, including evocative titles.
Drawn to the theater, Adams has written many ___ in collaboration with leading ____ (Alice Goodman) and groundbreaking stage _______/directors (Peter Sellars).
Drawn to the theater, Adams has written many operas in collaboration with leading librettists (Alice Goodman) and groundbreaking stage designers/directors (Peter Sellars).
