MUSIC AND ARTS Flashcards
-is a movement in the late 19th and early 20th century that replaced the Romantic period’s
-It also applied suggested, rather than depicted, reality. It created a mood rather than a definite picture.
Impressionism
-does NOT create atmosphere but revealed the com- poser’s mind, instead of presenting an impression of the environment.
-It used atonality and the twelve-tone scale
-It served as a medium for expressing strong emotions, such as anxiety, rage, and alienation.
Expressionism
was a partial return to a classical form of writing music with carefully modulated dissonances.
Neo-classicism
The ____________ style was associated with electronic music and dealt with the parameters or dimensions of sound in space.
Avant-Garde
- is a moderating factor between the Romantic period’s emotional excesses and the soul’s violent impulses in expressionism.
- It is the capacity of machines such as synthesizers, amplifiers, tape recorders, and loudspeakers to create different sounds.
Electronic Music
is music that uses a tape recorder, and the composer arranged it in different ways like by playing the tape recorder in its fastest mode or in reverse.
Musique Concrete
-is one of the most important of the 20th century composers.
-the focal point for other impressionist composers.
Claude Debussy
he was the primary exponent of expressionism, with the use of the twelve-tone scale and atonality.
Arnold Schoenberg
he was a neo-classical, modern nationalist, and primitivist composer who adopted Hungarian folk themes
Bela Bartok
He incorporated nationalistic elements in his music, known for his skillful handling of materials and his rhythmic inventiveness.
Igor Stravinsky
“Father of American Jazz”
George Gershwin
His philosophy was that the universal language of music is basically rooted in tonality. He is famous for stage musicals
Leonard Bernstein
is a minimalist composer. His distinctive style involves cell-like phrases emanating from bright electronic sounds from the keyboard
Philip Glass
“Father of Electronic music”
He invented the term “organized sound,”
Edgar Varese
is a central figure in the realm of electronic music. He developed his style of total serialism
Karlheinz Stockhausen
