Final: 20th C & Musical Theatre

Question 1

Define neoclassicism:

Answer 1

Emotional restraint, balance, clarity Back to Bach and the Baroque.
Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring”

Question 2

Define primitivism:

Answer 2

Primitive, dissonant sound. Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring”

Question 3

Define impressionism:

Answer 3

Softened imagery, feelings, subjective. Debussy’s “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun”

Question 4

Define expressionism:

Answer 4

Inner feelings, distortion, angst of the human psyche. Schoenberg’s “Pierrot lunaire”