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Twentieth Century Chapters 17, 18. Music after 1945. Music since 1945. Increasing internationalism Increasing stylistic diversity Serialism Twelve-tone Total serialism pitch pitch, rhythm, timbre, dynamics Aleatoric music (a reaction against total serialism
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Twentieth CenturyChapters 17, 18 Music after 1945
Music since 1945 • Increasing internationalism • Increasing stylistic diversity • Serialism • Twelve-tone Total serialismpitch pitch, rhythm, timbre, dynamics • Aleatoric music (a reaction against total serialism • Minimalism (a reaction against BOTH aleatoric music and serialism)
Music since 1945 • Greater influence of non-western music • Eastern • chant • microtones • African • rhythmic complexity • drumming • new sound resources • new sounds fr old instruments Tuba (2:56) Flute Electronics Tessla Coil Theramin • noise, silence • Some music requires invented notation
Listening Summary John Cage Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-48), Sonata II ? I = AABB prepared piano Preparing a piano YouTube performance Connect Kamien Cage
Listening Summary EdgardVarèse Poèmeélectronique (1958) Electronic music (“cutting edge”) I = created w/ magnetic tape multimedia presentation! spatial no feeling for forward motion Connect Kamien Varese
Listening Summary Zwilich Concerto Grosso 1985, Mvt 1 Quotation music I= tonal, polytonal, but NEVER atonal juxtaposes: Handel’s 17thC Concerto Grosso Zwilich’s 20thC composition style uses traditional orchestral instruments
Form(resembles Baroque era’s ritornello form!) UU U Zwilich Handel Zwilich Handel Zwilich Handel ZwilichNew Old New Old New Old Newpolytonal tonal polytonal tonal polytonal tonal polytonal U U C C C C C C Organized around new vs old Zwilich Connect Kamien
Listening Summary John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine (1986) Postminimalism I= clear tonality much repetition, including ostinati driving rhythm much percussion Connect Kamien Adams
Cyclicism Romanticism Monumentalism Nationalism Exoticism Symbolism Impressionism Primitivism Neoclassicism Serialism Expressionism Internationalism Minimalism -Isms (the final list…)