Musc 217 Exam 4: Art Rock

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Art Rock

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Merging of Rock and Classical music

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Elvis Presley (Art Rock Stage I)

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"It's Now or Never" = cover of Eduardo Di Capua's
"O Sole Mio"

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Toys (Art Rock Stage I)

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"A Lover's Concerto" = cover of J.S. Bach's Minuet

girl-group that competed with Motown groups

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Procol Harum (Art Rock Stage I)

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"A Whiter Shade of Pale" (1967) = cover of
J.S. Bach's "Air"

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Moody Blues

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- Stage 2A (Association w/ classical idiom)
- Album: Days of Future Passed (1967)
-> "Tuesday Afternoon"
-> Transitioning between Rock and symphony orchestra

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Beatles (pertaining to Stage 2A)

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- Sergeant Peppers album:
-> Crescendo in "A Day in the Life"

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What was developed in Stage 2B? Give an example of it. Which band first used it?

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- Synthesizer
- e.x. Mellotron, used by the Moody Blues

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The Who (Stage 3)

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Tommy (1969) = 1st Rock Opera

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Beatles (Stage 3)

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Sergeant Peppers uses Lieder cycles

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Deep Purple (Stage 3)

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Concerto:
Concerto for Group and Orchestra (1969)

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Example of reciprocal treatment of stage 3

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Joshua Rifkin creating The Baroque Beatles Book (1965)

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Joshua Rifkin

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The Baroque Beatles Book

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Moody Blues

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- Days of Future Passed
--> "Tuesday Afternoon"
- Mellotron

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What did Classical Music being played as Rock do for Rock?

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1) Gave it a social pretention (allowed Rock to be studied
in an artistic way)
2) Connected it to avant-garde (gave Rock a self-conscience)

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Emerson, Lake, & Palmer

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First major Art Rock group
- pianist, bassist, drummer
- Covered "Pictures at an Exhibition" (originally by
Modest Mussorfsky in 1874)

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Pictures at an Exhibition

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performed by Emerson, Lake, & Palmer
original = Modest Mussorfsky in 1874

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Art Rockers

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1) Formal training in conservatory
2) Grew up with pop conscience

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How was the 2nd branch of Art Rockers different?

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- Didn't play classical music as Rock, but composed
their own pieces that retained many elements of
Classical music:
1) Poetically complex lyrics
2) Judicious use of classical instrumentation
3) Instrument virtuosity
4) Lengthy compositions
5) Carefully crafted arrangements
6) Multi-sectioned arrangements
7) Studio magic

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"Roundabout"

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- By the band 'Yes' (1971)
- Swells up to crescendo of nothing, piano playing
backwards
- 8 minutes, 11 seconds long
- Required high level of musicianship, others being
cut out

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Third Branch of Art Rock

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Used 20th-century avant-garde (instead of 19th-century classical)

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Edgar Varese

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Poem Electronique (1958), example of musique _________

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Musique concrete

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Specific form of avant-garde incorporated into 3rd branch of Art Rock (from the 1950s)

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Pink Floyd

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Incorporated avant-garde and musique concrete in their music.
Acute lyrics + technical masterpiece

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Dark Side of the Moon

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- Album by Pink Floyd (1973)
- Longest-lasting shelf life for album EVER (14 years)
Songs:
"On the Run", "Breathe", "Speak to Me"

Lyrics: doom, alienation, schizophrenia, paranoia

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Speak to Me

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Dark Side of the Moon

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On the Run

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Dark Side of the Moon

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Breathe

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Dark Side of the Moon

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Steve Reich

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Drumming

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Minimalism

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1. Simple thematic background (rhythm, melody, harmony)
2. Repetition of thematic background
3. Gradual alteration

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Mike Oldfield

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Tubular Bells

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Tubular Bells

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By Mike Oldfield
- 1000s of overdubs; 28 different instruments used;
58 mins straight; 9 months to finish

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Classical Rock

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Summative result of Progressive Rock (elements of both Hard and Art Rock)

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"More Than A Feeling"

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Boston; 1976
Exemplary of classical rock