test 3 Flashcards
Who wrote the first atonal piece Pierrot Lunaire?
Schoenberg
Who was the 2nd Viennese School?
Berg, Webern, and Schoenberg
How did Berg say goodbye to tonal music?
In Violin Concerto featured a moment in the 2nd movement where a bach chorale is answered by atonal violin.
Who was more radical, very concise and adventurous in the atonal movement?
Webern
Who are Avant Garde composers?
John Cage, Stockhaussen, Berio, Haryy Partch, Messaien
Who wrote 4’33” and what is it.
John Cage and slience
Who is the leader of the 20th century tonal music?
Stravinsky
What is Stravinsky’s early period know as?
Nationalist period in which he writes three very important ballets commissioned by the famous choreographer Diagalev.
What is Stravinsky’s final ballet?
Rite of Spring
Talk about Shostakovich.
A Russian composer r with a troubled relationship with the state and
Stalin. Several moments in his life he is afraid he and/or his family will be arrested or
killed. Composes Symphony No. 5 to save his own life
What are minimalists?
he most current generation of tonal composers and include Terry Reilly,
John Adams and Phillip Glass
What is relatively conservative harmonically but can be very sophisticated
rhythmically?
Minimalism
What made up the music of early American music?
mostly included songs from other countries (often Britain)
which were stolen and had the lyrics changed
Who wrote a collection of folk songs which begin to create an American folk
tradition
Stephen Foster
Who spent her life dedicated to creating a national music conservatory in
America?
Jeanette Thurber
Who did Thurber convince to come to America and head the National Music Conservatory
Antonin Dvorak
What did Dvorak compose in America?
Symphony No 9 “From the new world”
What is Tin Pan Alley?
forms in Manhattan in the late 1800’s and grows to become a cultural
center for song writers including many important figures of the 20th century like Cole
Porter, Oscar Hammerstein, Irving Berlin and George Gershwin
Who are Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Leonard
Bernstein and Roy Harris.
American composers who emerge as true 20th century composers
Who did Aaron Copeland study with and what is his nickname
Nadia Boulanger and Dean of American Music
What did George Gershwin write?
Rhapsody in
Blue, An American in Paris and Porgy and Bess
What music is a truely American art form
Jazz
What are elements of Jazz
Uses syncopation , new timbral colors of instruments, and improvision
Who are important Jazz musicians?
Scott Joplin,
trumpet player and singer Louis Armstrong, big band creator Duke Ellington and Kind of
Blue creator Miles Davis
