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Modern Music
for music history test 4
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Undergraduate 1
12/01/2008

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Impressionism
Definition
French artistic movement of the late 19th/early 20th century; Vague forms/rhythms; extended harmonies; colorful orchestrations
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Symbolism
Definition
Late 19th century artistic movement that stressed suggestion over precision; linked w/ impressionism
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Expressionism
Definition
Early 20th century artistic movement in Germany & Austria; concerned w/ showing raw, often disturbing emotional states
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Serialism
Definition
Compositional technique developed by Schoenberg in which all 12 tones of the chromatic scale are used as a structural unit.
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Neo-Romanticism
Definition
Reaction to Expressionism & Serialism; Similar in style to Romantic music.
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Electronic Music
Definition
Music in which some or all sounds are generated or manipulated electronically
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Minimalism
Definition
Late 20th century musical style that uses repetitive patterns and surface-level figuration combined with slow or static harmonic foundations.
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Aleatory Music
Definition
Music which is structured by indeterminacy, or chance.
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Igor Stravinsky
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lack of developmental techniques,
freeform, lack of tonal structure
non-functional harmony
use techniques of old composers, but not structure
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Arnold Schoenberg
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Serialist, very mechanical, link to old tradition, still writes gigues, not trying to redefine a genre, rhythmic and motivic unity
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Aaron Copland
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neo-romantic, identifies himself with the common man
chooses to write in an accessible way
rejects academic serialism
nationalist: american folk music/style
use of pentatonic scales
simple harmonic influence of jazz and blues
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Musique Concrete
Definition
music with recorded sounds
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Sprechstrimme
Definition
use of spoken word in music
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Second Viennese School
Definition
Schoenberg, Berg, Webern
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