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extreme emotion
extreme states of hysteria and insanity
influenced by psychoanalytic theory
dreams, unconscious drives |
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| Song Cycle from poems by Albert Giraud, a symbolist |
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| Performance Forces for "Pierrot Lunaire" |
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Soprano and five instrumentalists that double on some instruments.
-flute, piccolo
-clarinet, bass clarinet
-violin
-viola
-cello
-piano
>Each song has its own accompaniment |
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"speech song"
pitches are approximate but rhythms are precise
from Expressionism |
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For Voice, piano, bass clarinet, cello (in lower range)
Passacaglia
ostinato on motive of ascending minor thirds and descending major thirds
-chromatic
-overlaps
-in different voices |
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| Schoenberg no. 18 "Moonfleck" |
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-for Voice, piano, piccolo, clarinet, violin, cello
-begins with traditional material
-obsession
-high fast motives
-use of fugues and cannons |
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| Who was a part of the Second Viennese School |
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| Schoenberg and two Pupils, Anton Webern, and Alban Berg |
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| What was the purpose of the Second Viennese School? |
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| link experiments in atonality and serialism to German music History at large |
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Student of Schoenberg
composer of Wozzeck
more accessible used styles and textures associated with tonal music |
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| What was Wozzeck based off of? |
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sketches from an unfinished play (based on a true story)
written by Georg Buchner
exploration of the poor
paranoia |
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| Characteristics of Wozzeck |
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Atonal
orchestral interludes between scenes
Wagnerian influences (leitmotives, no arias, importance of orchestra) |
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Wozzeck- a Soldier
Marie-His girlfriend
The Doctor
The captain
The Drum Major |
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| Act III scene three Wozzeck |
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Begins with orchestral interlude that concludes scene 2 (marie's murder)
consists of one pitch in two crescendos |
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| Act III scene three, Plot and other characteristics. |
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Tavern scene
"Ragtime piano"- out of tune
Built on a short rhythm that reoccurs with slight modifications outside of the dramatic tempo changes
-ostinato
followed by an orchestral interlude |
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Music sets scene-Frogs
use of Sprechstimme
Wozzeck's death
most emotional music in the opera |
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| systemization of chromaticism |
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