Unit III "ISMs" Flashcards
Wagnerism
Being an follower of Wagners music or compositional techniques
Ex. Mahler, Elgar
Nationalism
Celebrating one’s country through art, music, etc.
Ex. Dvorak, Chopin, Smetana
Pointillism
Atomizing a musical line amongst different instruments or registers
Ex. Webern Symphony op. 21
Exoticism
Evoking distant lands or cultures
Ex. Bizet’s “Carmen”
Neo-Classicism
Revival of pre-romantic styles
Ex. Prokofiev Symphony No. 1
Historicism
Re-creating or using earlier musical styles
Ex. Brahms’ “German Requiem”
Realism
Depicting subjects in their daily lives
Ex. Bizet’s “Carmen”
Modernism
A conscious push against establish norms disregarding the audience
Ex. Schoenberg, Webern, Berg
Impressionism
(External) Evoking moods or visual imagery through music
Ex. Debussy’s Nocturnes
Expressionism
(Internal) Rejecting the standard ideas of beauty to achieve something more emotional
Ex. Schoenberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire”
Primitivism
The idea that what is less sophisticated is closer to the truth
Ex. Stravinsky “The Rite of Spring”
Experimentalism
Pushing the boundaries with new sounds and techniques
Ex. Schoenberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire”
Populism
Representing ordinary peoples’ needs through music to which they can relate
Ex. Copland “Appalachian Spring”
Pastoralism
Elevation of rural ideas and folk music into art/concert music
Ex. Bartok Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta
Serialism
Using per-determined elements for the composition of a piece (twelve tone)
Ex. Webern Symphony Op. 21
Total Serialism
Using pre-determined elements in more aspects than just pitches
Minimalism
Materials are reduced to a minimum and procedures simplified so that what is going on in music in immediately apparent
Ex. Glass “Einstein on the Beach”
Post-Modernism
Easier to understand; (may innovate, may borrow), may use traditional ideas of beauty but always questions the concept, may or may not be “popular”
Aleatoricism
Music with elements of randomness built in
