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57 Cards in this Set
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Monet, Renoir, Manet, (Seurat?) |
Impressionistic painters |
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Characteristics of impressionistic painters |
blurred lines, nature, broken brush strokes, lines softened |
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symbolic poetry was common in what time period |
impressionistic |
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preocupation with light and nature programatic titles |
impressionistic |
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did Debussy write symphonies or sonatas? |
no |
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What is a tonal characteristic of debussys music |
chords based on 4ths and 5gh (Quartel/quintel harmonies) |
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what scales did Debussy use |
modes. using more than they had been since the Baroque period |
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-Pentatonic whole tones removal of leading tone cool idiom wrote 4 chassays music tends to be less virtuosic than Ravel |
Debussy |
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Which Impressionistic musicna was more neoclassicist, |
Ravel |
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did the 20th century focus on one trend? |
no, multi-trended
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What was new to music in the 20th century |
technology |
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What period of music was Nicischt conducting |
20th century
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What century was Enrico Caruso (Italian tenor) and Richard Strauss |
20th century |
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until what century was music a temporal art? |
20th, technology recording |
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-opportunity for animalism -do things to deliberately get people angry -began around 1910-15 -rock musicians heavily influenced by it -dadas offended Hitelr |
Dadaism |
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ism -reaction to 19th century -looking back on classicism with fondness and interest -return to all classical interests and beliefs (transparent/glasslike, symmetry, reaction to excessiveness of 9th century, return to simple balanced) |
Neo-classicism |
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Who wrote "Peter and the Wolf? |
Sergei Prokofiev |
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How mamy operas did Sergei Prokofiev write? |
12 |
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how many symphonies did Sergei Prokofiev write? |
7 |
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What country was Sergei Prokofiev from? |
Russia. (and suffered for being there, Lenin staloin)
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Sergei Prokofiev died on the same day as who? |
Stalin |
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-romantic-20th century -great transitional figure -had 3 periods (like Beethoven) -Nationalist Ballets |
Igor Stravinsky |
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Who commisiond Stravinsky's ballets |
Diaglev (empressario for ballet Rus) |
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Who was Digalev |
Emppressario for Ballet Rus (Russian Ballet)
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Who wrote Rite of Spring |
Stravinsky |
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What is firebird based on? |
Russian folk tales
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What is the form of the music in Firebird |
freeform |
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Nationalism is often connected to what type of countries |
oppressed |
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Bela Bartok was from what country |
Hungary, (Wen to America because of WWII) |
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Who commissioned Bela Bartok |
Boston Symphony Orchestra |
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Who founded Tanglewood |
Bela Bartok |
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How did Bela Barto have a lot of money |
his wife was rich |
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Why did Bela Bartok call his Concherto for Orchestra in 5 movements a Concherto and not a symphony |
because of the way each section of instruments is treated in a soloistic and virtuostic way
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George Anthel George Gershwin Aaron Coplan Howard Hanson Duke Ellington |
American 20th century composers |
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What ism goes with George Anthel |
futurism |
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ism preocupation with technology and machinery |
futurism |
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-went to Paris concert pianist once he got to Paris decided to write music Neo-primitive daily life |
George Anthel |
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-influenced by jazz blues, also serious art forms piano music songs, opera composer-performer revolutionary |
Duke Ellington |
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Jewish influenced by American Jazz scene wrote piano, songs, opera, orchestra, Ballet -died at 37 (brain tumor) -self-taught concert pianist) -original -wanted to study with Maurice Marvell -went overseas |
George Gershwim |
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Who wrote Porgy and Bess |
George Gershwin |
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Who wrote American in Paris |
George Gershwin |
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-swedish descent Nebraska Ran the Eastman school of music for New York Eatman hired him wrote interlockan theme wrote band music, symphonies |
Howard Hanson |
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"Dean of American music" went to Paris, studied with Nadia Bulonge piano, songs, orchestral, opera, ballet
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Aaron Copland |
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What composer wrote ballets: Rodeo and salon Mexico |
Aaron Copland |
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What 20th century American composer studied with Nadia Bulonge? |
Aaron Copland |
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Who wrote Appalachian Spring |
Aaron Copland |
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What famous American composer was of swedish descent |
Howard Hanson |
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What famous American composer studied with Nadia Bulonge in Paris |
Aaron Copland |
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what did Aaron Copland write? (5) |
songs piano opera Orchestral Ballet |
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Prokofiev wrote what neoclassical piece? |
Classical Symphony |
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what did Duke Ellington write? (3) |
songs piano music opera |
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What American music scene was Duke Ellington influenced by |
Jazz and Blues -also serious art forms |
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which famous American 20th century composer died at 37 from a brain tumor? |
George Gershwin |
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What famous american composer wanted to study with Maurice Ravel |
Gershwin |
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which 20th century American composer was Jewish |
Gershwin |
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Which American composer ran the Eastman school of music |
Howard Hanson |
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What did Howard Hanson write (2) |
band music symphonies |
