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Neoclassicism and 12-Tone Music

Neoclassicism and 12-Tone Music. Neoclassicism. Igor Stravinsky, Octet (1923) “Objectivity ” Adoption of a preromantic stance Classicism of Haydn and Mozart Influence of Baroque music Influence of jazz and popular music. Stravinsky’s Neoclassical Path. Histoire du soldat (1918)

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Neoclassicism and 12-Tone Music

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  1. Neoclassicism and 12-Tone Music

  2. Neoclassicism • Igor Stravinsky, Octet (1923) • “Objectivity” • Adoption of a preromantic stance • Classicism of Haydn and Mozart • Influence of Baroque music • Influence of jazz and popular music

  3. Stravinsky’s Neoclassical Path • Histoire du soldat(1918) • theatrical piece • seven players and narrator • influence of jazz and popular music • Pulcinella (1920) • ballet score • based on eighteenth-century melodies

  4. The Music of Stravinsky’s Octet • [Anthology 3-24] • 1. Sinfonia • sonata form • octatonic melodies • 2. Tema con variazioni • 3. Finale • walking bass • contrapuntal • reference to Bach

  5. Some Ideas About the Octet • “Some Ideas about My Octuor” • “My Octuor is not an ‘emotive’ work” • “I admit the commercial exploitation of a musical composition” • “This sort of music has no other aim than to be sufficient in itself”

  6. Stravinsky and Neoclassicism • Symphony of Psalms (1930) • Symphony in C (1938–40) • Symphony in Three Movements (1945) • Violin Concerto (1931) • The Rake’s Progress (1951)

  7. The Ivory Tower • Society for Private Musical Performance • 117 concerts between 1918 and 1921 • compositions by German modernists and works by Debussy, Bartók, Stravinsky, and others

  8. In Search of Utopia:Schoenberg and Twelve-Tone Technique • “Aggregate compositions” • Theories of Josef MattiasHauer (1883–1959) • Nomos • Means by which they could create extended instrumental works

  9. Giving Music New Rules • Tonreihe“tone row” • ordering of all 12 pitches from which motivic and harmonic content will be derived • row may be transposed, in inversion, retrograde, or retrograde inversion • rows subdivided into segments • Serialism • “Twelve-tone technique”; “dodecaphony”

  10. Giving Music New Rules • Suite for Piano, Op. 25 [Anthology 3-25] • Präludium • Gavotte and Musette • Intermezzo • Menuett • Gigue

  11. Back Again to Bach • BACH (B♭ACB) inserted into Op. 25 tone row • Schoenberg, “National Music” (1931) • Contrapuntal art • Variations for Orchestra (1931) • BACH allusions

  12. Berg’s Twelve-Tone Romanticism • Alban Berg (1885–1935) • Studies with Schoenberg • Influence of Mahler • Wozzeck(1922)

  13. Berg’s Twelve-Tone Romanticism • Chamber Concerto for violin, piano, and a wind ensemble of thirteen instruments (1925) • ArnolDSCHönBErG = A – D – E♭- C – B – B♭ – E – G • Anton wEBErn = A – E – B♭ – E • AlBAnBErG = A – B♭ – A – B♭ – E – G

  14. Berg’s Twelve-Tone Romanticism • Lyric Suite for string quartet (1926)[Anthology 3-26] • symmetrical “all-interval” row • Hanna Fuchs-Robettin/ Alban Berg (HF/AB = BF/AB♭) • numerous extramusicalreferences

  15. Epitome: Anton Webern • Anton Webern (1883–1945) • Symphony, Op. 21 (1928) [Anthology 3-27] • A-F#-G-A♭-E-F B-B♭-D-C#-C-E♭ • intervallic palindrome

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