Listening Quiz 2 (History/Background) Flashcards
(21 cards)
Shostakovich Symphony 5
Russian
Tonal
Right after censorship, conforms
Making of a man
Heroic Symphony
Arnold Schoenberg: A Survivor From Warsaw
Austrian
(Only piece with only english lyrics)
Serial
WW2
Victims of CC
World War II holocaust
Berg Lulu
Austrian
Atonal
Wedekind novel “Pandora’s Box”
Image of femme fatale (second Salome)
Prokofiev Symphony No. 1
Russia
Tonal
Mozart
Neoclassical
Escaped a revolution, and moving to orchestra
“Classical”
New
Simplicity
Prokofiev Piano Sonata 8
Russia
Fast piano
Polytonal
Dance
Happy piece
War sonata
Was banned by Soviets
Prokofiev Symphony No. 6
Russia
Mix - strange?
Victims of the great patrotioc war
Best symphonic work
Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
American
Tonal
Written for America’s entry to WW2
Patriotic
1943
Everyday People
Copland Organ Symphony
America
Neoclassical
Returned from France
European Tradition
Boulanger
No narrative - music for music sake
Barber Adagio for Strings
American
Tonal / Modal
Pre WW2
Sad - death
Mourning
WW2
Stravinsky Ebony Concerto
American
Neoclassical
After his exile
Jazz Group
Woody Herman
1945
Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time
FRANCE
Modal / Dissonant
Prisoner of War
Instruments Available
Christian - God - Jesus
Messiaen Turangalila Symphony mvt. 5
FRANCE
Mixed - modal/ tonal/ chaos
Post 1948
Boston Symphony
Teaching at Paris Conservatoire
Wagner, Christian
Stravinsky Pulcinella
Russian/American
Neoclassical
1920
Entry into NC
Pergolesi
Ballet
Comedy
John Cage 4’ 33
American
Avant Garde
After chance music,
Shock from audience
“Noise” - what is truly silent
What is music?
What is noise?
Boulez Piano Sonata
FRANCE
Avant Garde
Serialism
Total Serialism
Domaine Musicale
Webern
Trying to push the limit - trying to forge the future
John Cage Prepared Piano Works
American
Avant Garde
Objects in the piano,
Stochastic music
Indeterminate music
Experimental
Morton Feldman Projection 1
American
Avant Garde
Graphic Score
Small Chamber Group
Music is just there
No drama, no ups and downs
Stockhausen the Konkrete Etude
German
Avant Garde
Seralist
Studied with Messiaen
Experimental, electronics, Pierre Schaeffer
Xenakis Metastaseis
Greek
Avant Garde
Math-based music
One note that moves to different tones
Probability-based music
Milton Babbitt Three Piano Pieces
American
Serial
Total Serialism
Very dissonant
Pushing the limit
Nancarrow Player Piano Study 21
Mexican
Avant Garde
Experimental
Fast, furious, chaos
Jazz Inspired
