Modern Music, History of Western Music 20th century MERGED2
Postmodernism
Aesthetic attitude that embraced the past (including modernism) but often in an eclectic manner, synthesizing a variety of approaches in a single work.
total serialism: this term is associated with
Boulez.
What technique of Brahms did Schoenberg use to give coherence to atonal music?
Developing variation is the term Schoenberg gave to Brahms' technique that he also used in his own music.
Describe music characteristics of The Rite of Spring :
Dissonant, polytonal layers of modal and octatonic harmony often with frequent meter changes
musique concrète
French "concret music" used to denote music in which the sonic material to be manipulated is recoreded sound taken from everyday life. The sounds are real or " concrete" also known as electronic music.
Charles Ives made his living in what business?
He ran an Insurance Company.
Schoenberg's early works are in what style?
His early style was late romantic.
Stravinsky's late works employ which technique?
His late works used serialism, or serial technique; twelve-tone
At what point in his life did Ives become recognized as an important composer?
His music became widely known only in the last years of his life. In 1947 he received the Pulitzer Prize for his Third Symphony (The Camp Meeting; composed 1904-11). His Second Symphony (1897-1902) was first performed in its entirety 50 years after its composition.
Nixon in China was written by
John Adams
indeterminacy is another word for alatoric
John Cage is associated with the term.
Webern was known for using which technique?
Klangfarben melody (tone color melody)
With whom did Aaron Copland and other Americans study in Paris?
Nadia Boulanger
What style is Stravinsky's Pulcinella?
Neoclassical ballet
The composer who worked with modes of limited transposition
Olivier Messaian
minimalism
Opposite of serialism and known for its repitition. Music that stays the same for extended periods of time, while only making slight changes, often marketing time lengths instead of measures
The premiere of Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring took place in -.
Paris
What modernist musical characteristics does Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring exhibit?
Precussive dissonance polytonality polyrhythm
Who was the impresario of the Ballets Russes?
Serge Diaghilev
The vocal technique used in Pierrot Lunaire is called:
Sprechtstimme
major minimalists
Steve Reich/Philip Glass/Terry Riley
Stravinsky's early works are considered to be strongly nationalistic.
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musique concrete, percussion, and sirens -
Varese is the composer associated with this term.
Stravinsky's first ballet scores were commissioned by
_Sergei Diaghilev
Alban Berg composer combined
atonality with elements of late Romantic music
Which instrument is featured in the opening ten seconds of the Introduction to Part I of The Rite of Spring?
bassoon
Which of the following correctly describe the chords heard at the beginning of Dance of the Youths and Maidens from The Rite of Spring?
dissonant irregularly accented
Wozzeck is an example of which "ism"?
expressionism.
Dance of the Youths and Maidens alternates Russian - melodies with sound blocks. A - chord repeats in a basic duple pulse, but the rhythm is unpredictable due to - accents. The section features a wide variety of -colors and dynamics.
folk-song dissonant irregular instrumental
Aleatory music
from the Latin "alea" music of chance, leaving one or more, elements of performance to randomly determined circumstances such as a roll of the dice, etc.
Microtones
intervals smaller than a half step within the diatonic scale
Which describe the choreography for The Rite of Spring?
it was created by Vaslav Nijinsky. It was groundbreaking. It involved dancers jumping up and down in place
Match the descriptive words or phrases with the different elements of music as found in Part I of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.
meter: shifting and irregularly accented texture: dense and complex polyphony form:sectional
Synthesized electronic music
music consisting of sounds generated and manipulated entirely by electronic means through an electronic oscillator or modifying device like a synthesizer
Which playing technique is featured by the strings in this short passage from the Introduction?
pizzicato
Which best describes the texture of Dance of the Youths and Maidens?
polyphonic
The ideals of which movement describe the aesthetic of The Rite of Spring?
primitivism
Stravinsky is largely recognized for his revitalizing of which musical element?
rhythm
What is the basis of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?
scenes of pagan Russia
Which best describes the form of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?
sectional, with opening section recurring several times
integral/tonal serialism
serial composition system where elements beyond pitch (rhythm, dynamics) are also subjected to serial treatment
