MUSIC (1ST QUARTER) Flashcards
(50 cards)
What year does Impressionism Perios?
1890-1940
- incorporated the
qualities of sketches-
abbreviations, speed,
and spontaneity
-What critics might call
shortcuts
Impressionist paintings
When and where was impressionism period occured?
The 19th century in France
When was the idea of impressionism in music emerged?
late 19th century and early 20th century and asked people to focus on the emotions that were aroused by a subject opposed to focusing on a detailed pictre or single tune.
Characteristics of Impressionism:
It uses? to opposed to major and minor scales as the? used the past
whole tone scales/ romantic style
Characteristics of Impressionism:
it involves a lot of?
-chords weren’t ued to relieve tenson as they had in the past
Dissonance
Characteristics of Impressionism:
It includes? that have?
short melodies/different moods throughtout each peice
Characteristics of Impressionism:
blank.. in terms of phrases
Irregular
Characteristics of Impressionism:
Avoids the?
traditioal harmonic progression
Characteristics of Impressionism:
It has?
unresolved dissonance
Characteristics of Impressionism:
It uses the? and the, and rfrequently useds? and? scales
whole-tone scale, 9th chord, and modality and exotic scales
It is popularly
associated with English, Irish, and Scottish
folk tunes as well as traditional Chinese
music.
The pentatonic scale
It is typical of modal
music. The music frequently emphasized
perfect intervals, octaves, fourths, and fifths
in parallel structures.
Modal influence
a symphonic poem for orchestra by Claud Debussy, and approximately 10 minutes in duration.
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun,
When and where was Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun performed? And who conducted it?
in Paris on December 22, 1894 and conducted by Gustave Doret
- The artist chose to represent internal thoughts and feelings through their paintings
rather than objects in the external world. - They used paint to express emotion rather than physical reality.
- Intense, passionate and highly personal artworks based on the concept of the
painter’s canvas as a vehicle for demonstrating their innermost feelings.
Expressionism period (art)
in the visual, literary, and performing arts,
a movement or tendency that strives to express
subjective feelings and emotions rather than to depict
reality or nature objectively.
Expressionism
When was expressionism developed?
late 19th century and early 20th century
Expressinism concentrated in? and what year?
in Germany (1905 to 1930)
Music went through a? during?
ramatic/ expressionist movement
No longer were songs ruled by melody and continuity.
With mass production of new metals and tools melodies broke
into abstract fractions of sound and rhythm. Paralleling the
patterns of the factory atmosphere, music became less organized,
and often gave the audience more than one line of music to listen
to at the same time, transmitting feelings of heavy movement and
strength as one witnessed a piece. There was no longer one
singular tune that carried a piece through to the end.
Expressionism
the term of expressionism was probably first applies to music in? especially to?
in 1918/ Schoenberg
Wh are the members of the Second Viennese School? and important expressinists?
Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, and Alban Berg
Characteristics of Expressionism:
A high level of?
dissonance
