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Music History Final
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Undergraduate 4
05/06/2013

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Music's evolving relationship with the audience...
Definition
-Music progressed and audiences felt different
-Music for itself began to not have place in populous and went to universities
-People started listening to Jazz and Pop music which led composers to incorporate styles of both into their compositions.
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American musical identity in the 20th century...
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-Other countries began to develop their own style
-Americans started to cultivate an "American" style through ultramodernism where they would use new musical techniques with folk tunes, etc.
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The politicization of musical style...
Definition
-Countries still kept nationalism
-Germany and the Nazi's musical taste.
--"Degenerate" music
-Russian Propaganda
--Alexander Nevsky, social realism.
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Music for society vs. music for itself
Definition
-Music for society tries to tell a story or get message to audience. Think of Britten.
--Pleasing for an audience
-Music for itself can tell a message, but has primary focus on it's own sound and "being." Think of Babbit.
--experimental music to further musical language.
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Jazz and popular influences on the classical composition
Definition
-Audiences began listening/liking Jazz&Pop.
-Composers began to incorporate elements of both into compositions.
--William Grant with 12 Bar and Spiritual
--Ives with Pop tunes "oh dem golden..."
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Use of folk music on composition...
Definition
Composers used folk music in compositions to give a voice to their nation.
-Stravinsky, Ives, Bartok
-Goes along the idea of nationalism
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The rise of Jazz music
Definition
Rise of jazz can be attributed to the interest in pop music that began to take place in the early 20th century.
-African Americans playing music in chamber ensembles
-The blues, improv, jazz
-Recording technologies getting sound out to audiences
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Leftist politics in American music...
Definition
Why not appeal to the masses? Music for itself is great, but why act like there is not a musical audience?
-Writing for american audience
-Explore American folk music
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Music under totalitarianism...
Definition
There were limitations on the music you could write
-Positive towards social REALism and government
--use of melody, simple tonality, appropriate text
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Defining modernism and limitations on labels...
Definition
Problems with identity come with labels.
-Restricting, disagreements on terms
Better idea is that music is evolving.
-Although composers write in a style, it is rare that they do this for ALL of their compositions.
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