Music of the 20th Century
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One of the earlier but concrete forms declaring the entry of 20th century music.
Impressionism
What are the four characteristics of impressionism?
Rhythm is irregular
Avoids the traditional harmonic progression
Has unresolve dissonance
It uses the whole-tone scale, uses the 9th chord, and frequently uses modality and exotic scales
Who are the two composers in impression?
• Claude Debussy
• Maurice Ravel
He changed the course of musical development by dissolving traditional rules and convention into a new language of possibilities in harmony, rhythm, form, texture, and color.
Claude Debussy
When did Claude Debussy entered the Paris Conservatory and what was he called?
1873, Erratic Pianist
In 1884, in what competition did Debussy wone the top prize? And he won with what composition?
Prix de Rome, The Prodigal Son
How many compositions does Debussy have?
227 compositions
What does the composition Claire de Lune by Debussy means?
Moonlight
La mer by Debussy was inspired by what painting?
The great waves of kanagawa
This composition is for orchesta that is about the sea and it is by Debussy
La mer
This composition by Debussy drew mixed extreme reactions for it innovative harmonies and textural treatments.
Pelleas et Melisandre
Who are the two composers that influenced Claude Debussy?
Franz lizt and Giuseppe Verdi
Debussy’s most popular piano compositions
Images, Suite Bergamasque, and Estampes
Debussy is also called as the??
Father of the Modern School Composition
His compositional style is mainly characterized by its uniquely innovative but not atonal style of harmonic treatment.
Maurice Ravel
Ravel entered the Paris Conservatory at the age of where he studied with the eminent French composer _______.
14, Gabriel Faure
This is a person who excels in musical technique or execution.
virtuoso
A work by Ravel that is for piano known for its harmonic evolution and imagination.
Miroirs
A work by Ravel that is a set of demonic-inspired pieces based on the poems of Aloysius Bertrand which is arguably the most difficult piece in the piano repertoire.
Gaspard de la Nuit
A work by Ravel that is a commemoration of the musical advocacies of the early 18th century French composer Francois Couperin.
Le Tombeau de Couperin
A work by Ravel that is a ballet commissioned by master choreographer ______ that contained rhythmic diversity, evocation of nature, and choral ensemble.
Daphne et Chloe, Sergei Diaghilev
A work by Ravel that is a waltz with a frightening undertone that had been composed for ballet and arranged as well as for solo and duo piano.
La Valse
A work by Ravel that is his most famous work that he called it an ________.
Bolero, Orchestral Crescendo
A work by Ravel that means “Dance for a dead Princess”
Pavane pour une infante defunte
A modernist movement that started in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century and was initially an expression in painting and poetry.
Expressionism
He taught himself music theory but took lessons in counterpoint.
Arnold Shoenberg
Who influenced Schoenberg’s work?
Richard Wagner
His music is also extremely complex, creating heavy demands on the listener.
Arnold Shoenberg
Schoenberg is credited with the establishment of the ________.
Twelve-tone-system
What is the total music compositions of Shoenberg?
213
This is one of Schoenberg earliest successful pieces.
Transfigured night
A work by Shoenberg that tells the tale of a sad clown named Pierrot.
Pierrot Lunaire
Transfigured night is also named as?
Veklarte Nacht
Stravinsky's early music reflected the influence of his teacher, the Russian composer ____________.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
He left the country for the United States in 1939, and slowly turned his back on Russian nationalism and cultivated his neo-classical style
Igor Stravinsky
Stravinsky's first successful masterpiece tht is composed for Diaghilev’s Russian ballet.
The Firebird Suite
A work by Stravinsky that is featuring shifting rhythms and polytonality, a signature device of the composer.
Petrouchka
A work by Stravinsky that is a full length opera, alludes heavily to Baroque, and Classical styles of Bach and Mozart through the use of harpsichord, small orchestra, solo and ensemble numbers with recitatives stringing together the different songs.
The Rake’s Progress
Stravinsky have a total of how many musical compositions?
127