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The Contemporary Period

The Contemporary Period. 1900-present. Historical Events. The Great Depression World Wars I and II: European refugees in America Popularization of radio The Civil Rights Movement Cold War & space race: Russia-USA tensions. Style Characteristics. Non-tonal & quartal harmonies

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The Contemporary Period

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  1. The Contemporary Period 1900-present

  2. Historical Events • The Great Depression • World Wars I and II: European refugees in America • Popularization of radio • The Civil Rights Movement • Cold War & space race: Russia-USA tensions

  3. Style Characteristics • Non-tonal & quartal harmonies • Polytonality, bitonality, atonality • Irregular and changing meter (7/4, 5/4) • Polyphonic texture • Serial (twelve-tone) music • Prime • Inversion • Retrograde • Retrograde Inversion • Neo-classical writing

  4. Béla Bartók • 1881-1945 • Hungarian composer & pianist • Ethnomusicology: influences of Hungarian folk music • Wrote with atonal axes of symmetry • Audio: Mikrokosmos

  5. Igor Stravinsky • Born in Russia, 1882, died 1971 • Studied piano and composition under Rimsky-Korsakov • Use of neo-classic style, serial/twelve tone writing • Audio: The Rite of Spring

  6. George Gershwin • 1898-1937 • American composer/pianist • Incorporated jazz & popular influences into classical composition • Audio: Rhapsody in Blue

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