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Sociology Schedule. Friday , Monday and Tuesday, 19-23 – Crash Wednesday, 24 – Reflection (Sub) Thursday and Friday, 25-26 – Final Monday and Tuesday, 29-30 – Chapter 9 Sections 3 and 4 – Notes Only Wednesday - Friday, 1-3 (Final time will be given later) – American History X
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Sociology Schedule Friday, Monday and Tuesday, 19-23 – Crash Wednesday, 24 – Reflection (Sub) Thursday and Friday, 25-26 – Final Monday and Tuesday, 29-30 – Chapter 9 Sections 3 and 4 – Notes Only Wednesday - Friday, 1-3 (Final time will be given later) – American History X Monday – Thursday, 6-9 – End of course testing
Humanities Schedule Monday, 22 – Romantic Music ppt. Tuesday, 23 – Music and Art Review Wednesday, 24 – Romantic/Realism Drama & Dance worksheet with Sub Thursday & Friday, 25&26 – Final Monday, 29 – Binder Check Tuesday, 30 – Test Wednesday, 1 – Make-up test Thursday & Friday, 2&3 – Final Monday-Thursday, 6-9 – End of course testing
Romantic Music Tchaikovsky and Wagner
General Info • Very diff. from Neoclassical – emotion, adventure, and imagination • Beethoven inspired composers to become self-supported • Opera very popular • Soft/dreamy music accomplished by: • Chromatic scale – moving in half steps • Dissonance – harsh sounds to the ear • Modulations – change from one key to another
General cont. Composers focused on melodies and themes Cycle – complete story told w/ several related songs Improved range power of piano/improvements to orchestral instruments
Tchaikovsky • Studied music as a child • At 21 entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory/ studied composition • Graduated and taught theory and composition at Moscow Conservatory
Tchaikovsky cont. Mme. Von Meck – contributions allowed him to dedicate himself to his music Best remembered for his ballets: Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty Performed 6th symphony (Pathetique) as the opening concert for Carnegie Hall in 1891 – died a few days later
Tchaikovsky’s Music Symphony #6 In B Minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique" Symphony #5 In E Minor, Op. 64 – Finale Symphony #2 In C Minor, Op. 17, "Little Russian" – Finale The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71 - Russian Dance Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66A Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20 1812 Overture, Op. 49
Wagner • Born in a theatrical family • Began composing at 17 • Chorus master for several theatres • Built his own theatre (Das Festspielhaus) in 1872
Wagner Cont. • Most significant works – Tristan and Isolde and Ring Cycle (covers German and Scandinavian mythology – over 16 hrs.) • Leitmotif – assigning short melodies to people or ideas in operas (used in many 20th century films) • Adolf Hitler well known admirer of Wagner and adopted much of his work for the Nazi party
Wagner Music Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Overture to Tannhäuser The Ride of the Valkyries Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin Tristan and Isolde: Prelude to Act 1
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