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Exoticism in Music in the early 1800s

Exoticism in Music in the early 1800s. The Exotic Other. Examples exist back to early Baroque opera More interested in being Other than in being Accurate Compare to “Injun” music in early movies What meanings does this yield? Probably varies with time –

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Exoticism in Music in the early 1800s

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  1. Exoticism in Music in the early 1800s

  2. The Exotic Other Examples exist back to early Baroque opera More interested in being Other than in being Accurate Compare to “Injun” music in early movies What meanings does this yield? Probably varies with time – Psychological justification for Imperialism Romantic escape from Enlightenment or conventional restraints

  3. Haydn “Gypsy” Piano Trio (1795) Last movement, Rondo form [ABACA] The “B” and “C” parts feature more syncopated rhythms and chromatically altered scale

  4. Mozart Opera – The Abduction from the Seraglio (1781) “Turkish” music – percussion, 2/4 time, rhythmically simple melody with dissonant ornamentation Both positive and negative representations of imaginary Turks

  5. Mozart Rondo – last movement of a piano sonata “Turkish” music – percussive, 2/4 time, rhythmically simple melody with dissonant ornamentation

  6. The military presence of the Ottoman Empire 2nd Siege of Vienna, in the Baroque Era, – 1683 COFFEE, CROISSANTS, MUSIC & ARCHITECTURAL INFLUENCES

  7. Belvedere Palace Turkish tents???

  8. The OTTOMAN EMPIRE – 1683

  9. Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (1824) International brotherhood! 3 long instrumental movements combined with VOICES in 4th movement on the Ode to Joy text by Schiller. An evocation of Turkish music is tucked into the mix (ff to c. 3:30)

  10. BASSO Freunde, nicht diese Töne!Sondern laßt uns angenehmereanstimmen, und freudenvollere. BASS AND CHORUSFreude, schöner GötterfunkenTochter aus Elysium,Wir betreten feuer-trunken,Himmlische, dein Heiligtum!Deine Zauber binden wiederWas die Mode streng geteilt;Alle Menschen werden Brüder,Wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt. O friends, not these sounds!Let us strike up something morepleasant, full of gladness. Joy, beautiful divine spark,Daughter of Elysium,We enter, drunk with fire,O heavenly one, your holy shrine.Your magic once again bonds togetherWhat custom strictly divided,All Mankind become brothersWhere your gentle wings hold sway.

  11. Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna

  12. A Romantic Date – 1808 Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 (and 6)PIVOTAL WORKS BETWEEN CLASSICAL & ROMANTIC MUSIC Goya, Executions of the Third of May, 18081814-15

  13. Chopin Frederic ChopinMazurka in B-flat Major, Opus 7, No.1 (1832) “C” section in ABACA form chromatic, “exotic” melody in “distant” high register

  14. Carmen Opera by Bizet Carmen, a character in the opera, is a Gypsy woman. Her music is characteristically chromatic. Male characters have more diatonic music.

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