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1
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Many early 20th century modernists began by writing what kind of music

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Late romantic style tonal music

2
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Schoenburg avoided _________ in his works

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Schoenburg avoided repetition

3
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Schoenburg wanted what to take the place of repetition?

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Variation

4
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Schoenburg was heavily influenced by what characteristic of Brahms?

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Developing variation

5
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When did Schoenburg abandon tonality for atonality?

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1908

6
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Who came up with the 12-tone method?

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Arnold Schoenburg

7
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Birth and death dates: Alban Berg

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1885-1935

8
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Despite incorporating atonality and romantic structure, why was Berg’s music better received than his teacher?

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Berg’s music infused atonality not only with the forms and procedures of Romanticism, but with the other expressive elements of romanticism as well, keeping tonality closer to the surface

9
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Birth and death dates: Anton Webern

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1883-1945

10
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What is Klangfarbenmelodie?

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A concept pioneered by Schoenburg where changes in pitch color are regarded as changes in pitch itself

11
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Birth and death dates: Stravinsky

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1882-1971

12
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Name three trademarks of Stravinsky

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  • Disruption of meter and rhythm
  • Colorful use of instruments
  • Non lyrical
  • Frequent accents
  • Discontinuity
  • Varied pitch collections
  • Frequent ostinatos
  • Blocks of sound and layering/ juxtaposition
13
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When was Stravinksky’s Russian period?

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Birth to 1918

14
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What is primitivism?

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A rejection of the stylishness and sophistication of trained art and modern life. It embraces, the crude, elemental, and the uncultured.

15
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Which of Stravinsky’s works most clearly displays primitivism?

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The Rite of Spring

16
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When was Stravinsky’s Neoclassical period and what does it mean for Stravinsky’s style?

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1919-1951 and it represents a turning away from Russian classical traditions to those of earlier Western art music for inspiration

17
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What is meant by Neo-tonal?

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This is similar to centric; it describes works that share traits with tonal compositions but do not have common practice compositional techniques to establish center

18
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Birth and death dates: Bela Bartok

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1881-1945

19
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What is Bartok known for? How did he find his unique idiom?

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He is known for his synthesis of folk traditions and practices with those of classical art music. He carved a niche by preserving structures of classical music while embracing the complexity of folk musics

20
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Who was an early proponent of experimental music?

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Charles Ives