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From Piet Mondrian

From Piet Mondrian. MUS_ED 345-0: Music and the Interdisciplinary Curriculum. to Libby Larsen. An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Boogie-Woogie. CM 2009-2010. Mr. Rathgeber. Composition No. III Blanc-Jaune Piet Mondrian, 1942. Composition with Yellow, Blue, and Red Piet Mondrian, 1942.

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From Piet Mondrian

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  1. From Piet Mondrian MUS_ED 345-0: Music and the Interdisciplinary Curriculum to Libby Larsen An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Boogie-Woogie CM 2009-2010 Mr. Rathgeber

  2. Composition No. III Blanc-Jaune Piet Mondrian, 1942 Composition with Yellow, Blue, and Red Piet Mondrian, 1942

  3. Piet Mondrian 1874-1944 Dutch Painter and creator of the Neo-Plasticism Style - Arts should not represent anything in the real world. v e r t i c a l - Uses only straight horizontal or lines - Uses only black, white, and primary colors RED BLUE YELLOW

  4. Broadway Boogie Woogie Piet Mondrian, 1943 Composition with Yellow, Blue, and Red Piet Mondrian, 1942

  5. Try to create music that you think would have inspired Mondrian It had something to do with music… What happened to Mondrian? It had something to do with music… Try to create music that you think would have inspired Mondrian to create Broadway Boogie Woogie In 2 groups, create music that could go along with this painting.

  6. William “Count” Basie 1904 - 1984 Famous American jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer. Mondrian was inspired to paint Broadway Boogie Woogie after hearing music like Basie’s in the jazz clubs of New York.

  7. Piet Mondrian 1874-1944 A Dutch Painter and creator of the Neo-Plasticism Created between 1942 and 1943. Mondrain moved to New York after living in London. moved to London to avoid the fascism he found in France at the time. Bands of colors made up of yellow, gray, red, blue, and white rectangles. Some larger rectangles disrupt the bands. Broadway Boogie Woogie Discovered a love of New York on his evening. The fast pace, the racing taxis, Soon fell in love with jazz and the style of boogie-woogie. Wanted to express the syncopation of the music and the bright lights of the city. Lines of the buildings Painting (Oils on Canvas) What techniques did the creator use to help us understand what is being expressed? New York City Night Life & Boogie-woogie Jazz What is being expressed?

  8. Discuss Boogie Woogie….. Walking Bass Line “Riffing” Syncopation Teach a 2 bar representation of boogie-woogie Play a “walking” bass line and improvise a “riff” over the top

  9. What aspects of Count Basie’s Boogie Woogie do you see in Mondrian’s Broadway Boogie? What ideas or themes was Mondrian trying to express?

  10. Compare your composition to what you now know about boogie-woogie? Are there any similarities? Did Mondrian effectively express boogie-woogie visually?

  11. Let’s hear what a modern classical composer did with boogie-woogie Now that we have seen boogie-woogie in art work we have heard it in music we have heard it in music and we have performed/improvised some boogie-woogie of our own, Let’s hear what a modern classical composer did with boogie-woogie

  12. Libby LarsenA living American composer born in 1950. Piano, Violin, Cello, and Double Bass in an ABA form. Piano plays a walking bass line while strings provide the melodic and harmonic elements. Some use of Double Bass as a rhythmic instrument. Pizzicato Composed in 1983 Four on the Floor Commissioned by the Minneapolis Artists Ensemble. Name refers to a stick-shift car (4gears and the shifter on the floor) A classical work for Piano and Strings. Distorted ABA form…. Intro A B A riffing Breakneck is theme of the piece, an America that is speeding up Faster and faster, jazzing into eternity” - Larsen (1983) What techniques did the creator use to help us understand what is being expressed? What is being expressed?

  13. In your groups, compare and contrast Broadway Boogie Woogie and Four on the Floor. Broadway Boogie Woogie Four on the Floor - Did Mondrian’s painting effectively express boogie-woogie and the fast-paced life style?

  14. In the end, what does Mondrian’s painting and Larsen’s composition have in common? Both share common: Foundational Elements Thematic Elements Texture Cars Fast-Paced Life Rhythm Syncopation Boogie-woogie Others? Others?

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