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13 Cards in this Set
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Serialism |
Time Period: Method/compositional technique used in atonal music Definition: use of serial composition (tone rows) and dodecaphony Examples: Piano Suite by Schoenberg |
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Expression |
Time Period: Bold artistic movement in the early 20thC Definition: Gave voice to the unconscious and manifest humanist deepest and darkest emotions Examples: Peirrot Lunaire by Schoenberg |
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Neoclassicism |
Time Period: Style ermerged in 1910s and 20s, return to classical style Definition: Characterized by a return to the tonal idiom, forms and genres, absolute music, conciseness of expression. Lighter orchestration and small ensembles Examples: Concertino for Harp and Orchestra by Taileferre |
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Minimalism |
Time Period: Artistic mint what merged in the early 1960s Definition: Relied on multiple repetitions of small units that differ only slightly or are varied only gradually over long stretches of time. Reaction against opulence and complexity Examples: In C by Riley |
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Impressionism |
Time Period: Musical style in the 1890-1920 Definition: Avoided the cultivated traditions of western art. Associated with the french composer debussy Example: Preludes, Book 1: "voiles" by Debussy |
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Primitivism |
Time Period: Aesthetic mint of all the arts in the early 20thC Definitoin: avoided the cultivated traditions of western art. Gave importance to rhythm, and abandoned/ altered voice leading, triadic harmony and the major and minor forms of diatonic scales Examples: Rite of Spring by Stravinsky |
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Nationalism |
Time Period: New Musical importance in the 20thC Definition: Growing political and cultural aspirations of ethnic groups throughout europe and america. Music played an important role for cultural and linguistic groups to asserts its ethnic identity. Examples: Six dances in bulgarian rhythm by bartok |
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Modernism |
Time Period: Artistic mvnt in the early 20thC Definition: Emphasized novelty at almost any cost, based on the conviction that the new must be as different as possible from the old. Music rejected tonality, conventional forms, and est. genres Examples: any music in the early 20th Century |
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Postmodernism |
Time period: aesthetic attitude that emerged in the 20thC Definition: embracing the past but often in an electric manner, synthesizing a variety of approaches in a single work. Composers avoided the use of atonality, conventional forms and est. genres Examples: Orfeo II by musgrave |
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Organicism |
Theoretical and analytical work in 20th C Definition: Attempts to demonstrate that elements audible on the surface manifest a deeper coherence. Work being treated as a 'living farm' Examples: Lyric Suite by Berg |
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Fascism |
Time: The german music scene in the 1930s Definition: policies and communist system had a significant impact on music. Nazis had an impact on composers Example: Quartet for the end of time by Messiaen |
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Communism |
Time: Political mvnt in the early 20th c Definition: Philosophy developed by Kari Marx and Friedrich engels. Encompasses political, economic and social spheres (everyone is equal) Example: Opera lady macbeth of the Mtsenk Districk by Shostakvich |
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Socialist realism |
Time Period: Political mvnt in the early 20thC Definition: expressing socialist ideals in a way that is 'realistic' and accessible. Clarity of expression, policiatl and social function required, optimistic tone, opposite of formalism, promotes industrialization and collectivization example: string quartet by Shostakovich |
