stravinsky Flashcards

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stravinsky birth and death

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1882 - 1971 (age 88)

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Stravinsky era

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modern

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modern era

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composers at the dawn of the 20th century were eager to establish a different musical path. They challenged the concept of tonality and left behind the established practice of writing music “in a key.”
1900 - PRESENT

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stravinsky’s composition

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The Rite of Spring

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ballet (stravinsky)

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a highly stylized type of dance that often interprets a story
first developed in the 17th century at the court of Louis XIV
flourished in the 19th-century Russian court
many significant composers, including Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Debussy, and Prokofiev, composed music for ballets

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choreography (stravinsky)

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the art of designing the dance steps and movements in a ballet (or musical)

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primitivism (stravinsky)

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an effect created largely through rhythm
use of strong accents, heavy syncopation, polyrhythms, expanded percussion section
demonstrated best in Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring

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