neoclassicism

qtr 1, smt 2 music

neoclassicism

emotional restraint, balance, and clarity in music

absolute music

opposite of program music, type of music that was preferred by neoclassicism composers

major and minor

scales used

bach

modeled their works after his music

polyphonic

used this texture, imitated this in bach’s work

igor stravinsky

his ballet pulcinella was based on the music pergolesi by an italian baroque composer

the rake’s progress

stravinsky’s opera modeled after mozart’s opera

don giovanni

mozart’s opera that was referenced by stravinsky

william hogarth

made the paintings that were referenced in don giovanni & the rake’s progress

petrushka chord

combination of c major & f sharp major triad

rhythm

described with strong beats, changing meters