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20th Century Nationalism in Europe

20th Century Nationalism in Europe. Bartok, Kodály (Hungary) Songs of native Hungary with main currentof European music Les Six (France) Objectivity and understatement with New Classicism Milhaud, Tailleferre, Poulenc Russian School Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev English School

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20th Century Nationalism in Europe

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  1. 20th Century Nationalism in Europe • Bartok, Kodály (Hungary) • Songs of native Hungary with main currentof European music • Les Six (France) • Objectivity and understatement with New Classicism • Milhaud, Tailleferre, Poulenc • Russian School • Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev • English School • Elgar, Vaughan Williams • German School • Hindemith, Orff, Weill

  2. Bela Bartók (1881-1945) • Report on Bela Bartók by Beth Harper

  3. Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra • For BSO • Treats single orchestral instruments in soloistic manner • 5 movements • 4th movement • Pentatonic structure • Non symetrical rhythms • Composer’s love for his homeland

  4. Late 19thC and Early 20thC America • Shape note singing • Stephen Foster (1826-64) • Lyrical ballads - simple music • Concert bands • Adolphe Sax (Belgian) • John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) • Charles Ives (1874-1954) • Business man - composer on the side • One of the most original

  5. Aaron Copland (1900-1990) • Boulanger • Used jazz idioms • Use of American folk tunes • Simplify music - communicate to a large public - technology

  6. Copland - Billy the Kidd • Story of William Bonney • Ballet - concert suite • Used many tunes from the Wild West • Polyrhythms, polytonal harmony, dissonance • Scene 1 - “Street in a Frontier Town”

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