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Twentieth Century Chapters 11, 14, 15, 16

Twentieth Century Chapters 11, 14, 15, 16. Béla Bartók William Grant Still Aaron Copland Alberto Ginastera. Twelve Tone System. Can there be a “Do” or tonal center ? We say, therefore, that 12-tone music is _____. Does it use memorable melodies?

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Twentieth Century Chapters 11, 14, 15, 16

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  1. Twentieth CenturyChapters 11, 14, 15, 16 BélaBartók William Grant Still Aaron Copland Alberto Ginastera

  2. Twelve Tone System Can there be a “Do” or tonal center? We say, therefore, that 12-tone music is _____. Does it use memorable melodies? The collection of tones on which a piece is NOT a melody; it is a ________. What two rules apply to this collection? 1. must use… 2. no tone may be repeated until… Can 12-tone music include chords and harmony?

  3. 20th CenturyStyles & stylistic paths multiply Tonality Primitivism Neoclassicism x y z W W 2 e n d s Debussy“Tonality must be drowned.” Atonality Free atonality x y z Serialism

  4. Béla Bartók • Hungarian nationalist • ethnomusicologist (ONE OF THE FIRST) • Nazi Germany U.S. • music • Hungarian folk music influences • mostly tonal, but dissonant • Form is VIMP

  5. Listening Summary BélaBartók Concerto for Orchestra, Mvt 2: Game of Pairs symphony (NOT a concerto) I= treats orchestra instruments soloistically ABA’ form ? Cite several contrasts between A and B ? Cite an instrument that appears prominently in both A and B.

  6. A B A’ Game of Pairs Listening Kamien Listening Outline, p. 320 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Name the pairsin each duet. How does A’ differ from A? In what ways are all A area sections similar?different? How does B area contrast with A?Anything to relate it to A? Connect Kamien

  7. William Grant Still • classically trained BUT • involved in both “serious” & popular music • many IMP African-American “firsts” in professional music • wide variety of compositions: • orchestral works, opera, film scores, chamber music, vocal music

  8. Listening Summary • Still • Afro-American Symphony, Mvt 3 • Symphony • I = (entire 4-movement symphony) • cyclicism • draws on blues, spirituals, jazz Connect Kamien

  9. grows up w/ JAZZ Europe to study with Nadia Boulanger “Jazz is OK…” 3 distinct stylistic periods: jazz style complex, dissonant, atonal style “accessible” style (best known music) ballet folk melodies, stories, characters, hymns, cowboy songs, jazz dissonant, but tonal Probably one of 20th Century’s top 10 Aaron Copland

  10. Copland Suite from Appalachian Spring; Theme and Variations on Simple Gifts Ballet Suite I= folk melody & folk lore tonal with moderate dissonance unique “American” flavor Listening Summary Copland Connect Kamien

  11. Alberto Ginastera • Argentinean nationalist • Studied with Copland • Music • Overwhelming RHYTHM, powerful percussion • Early music—tonal • middle period music—Twelve Tone, BUT still retains Argentinean character • 1957 Chance music techniques, microtonalism

  12. Listening Summary • Ginastera • Suite from Estancia, Final Dance: Malambo • Ballet Suite • I= • Argentinean nationalism • V large orchestra and percussion section • Perpetually “violent rhythm” Connect Kamien

  13. Cyclicism Romanticism Monumentalism Nationalism Exoticism Symbolism Impressionism Primitivism Neoclassicism Serialism Expressionism Internationalism Know your -Isms

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