MUSIC HISTORY EXAM Flashcards

(35 cards)

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WHO WAS INNFLUENCE TO NEOCLASSICALISM AND WHAT IS IT

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-STRAVINSKY
-REJECTION OF ROMANTICISM

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WHAT WAS SATIE’S APPROACH TO MUSIC

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SATIRCAL, ANTI-ROMANTICISM

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HOW DOES MILHAUD CREAT DISSONANCE IN LA CREATION DU MONDE (GOOFY HADESTOWN)

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LAYERING CONSONANT TONES

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WHEN WAS THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION AND WHO LED IT

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LENIN IN 1917

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WHAT WAS THE VIEWPOINT OF MUSIC TO THE RUSSIAN ASSOCIATION OF PROLETARIET MUSIC

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CONSERVATIVE, ANTI-MODERN

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WHAT DID THE MANIFESTO OF 1929 SAY IN REGARDS TO MUSIC, CLASS, AND STRAVINSKY

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FOLK MUSIC WAS FOR THE PROLETARIET AS THE RULING CLASS HAD ACCESS TO INSTRUMENTS. THEY DID NOT LIKE STRAVINSKY (NEOCLASSICALISM)

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DURING THE RULE OF STALIN IN 1929, WAS WAS SOCIALIST REALISM AND FORMALISM

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SOCIALIST REALISM: MUSIC THAT PROMOTED SOVIET VALUES
FORMALISM: EXPERIMENTAL

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WHAT IS DMITRI SHOTAKOVICH’S, “THE LADY OF MACBETH OF THE MITSENSK DISTRICT” ABOUT

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DARK THEME AND EXPRESSIONISTIC: WOMAN- AFAIR, MUDERS, ON THE RUN

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WHAT WAS EDGARD VARESE KNOWN FOR

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ORGANIZED SOUND AND SOUND MASSES (GROUPING OF SOUNDS)

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WHAT WERE THE 2 THINGS HENRY COWELL WAS KNOWN FOR

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TONE CLUSTERS AND PLAYING INSTRUMENTS UNCONVENTIALLY

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WHAT TECHNIQUES OF UNCONVENTIAL PLAYING ARE USED IN COWELL’S, “THE BANSHEE”

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-RUBBING ON PIANO STRINGS
-DAMPER PEDAL PRESSED DOWN

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WHAT SOUND DID AMERICANISTS ROOT THEIR MUSIC IN

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FOLK MUSIC

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WHAT WAS AARON COPLAND’S IMPACT ON

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FILM SCORES

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WHO DID AARON COPLAND STUDY WITH

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NADIA BOULANGER

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WHAT IS BEPOP

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-SMALL JAZZ COMBOS WITH LOTS OF IMPROV
-VIEWS JAZZ AS AN ART/CLASSICAL MUSIC

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IN ANTHROPOLOGY, WHO PLAYS SAX AND WHO PLAYS TRUMPET

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PARKER SAX, DIZZY TRUMPET

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WHAT SONG IS ANTHROPOLOGY BASED ON

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I GOT RHYTHM CHORD CHANGES

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WHO WAS OLIVER MESSIAEN

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INFLUENTIAL TEACHER IN EUROPE (PARIS)

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WHAT INFLUENCED MESSIAEN’S MUSIC

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-CATHOLICISM
-BIRD SONG
-INDIAN, ANCIENT GREEK, MEDIEVAL MUSIC

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WHAT PART OF THE BIBLE WAS MESSIAEN INSPIRED BY IN “THE END OF TIME”

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THE BOOK OF REVELATION

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WHO WAS MESSIAEN INFLUENCEDBY

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WHAT OLD TECHNIQUE DID MESSIAEN USE

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ISORHYTHM (REPEATED SEGMENTS)
COLOR= PITCH, TALEA= RHYTHM

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WHAT IS INTEGRAL SERIALISM

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-DEVELOPMENT OF 12 TONE MUSIC
-SERIES OF MUSICAL ELEMENTS IN CONJUNCTION (DYNAMICS, ARTICULATION, TEMPO)

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WHO DID JOHN CAGE STUDY WITH

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SCHOENBER AND COWELL

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WHAT IS CAGE'S PREPARED PIANO
OBJECTS PUT ON PIANO STRINGS FOR SPECIFIC/PERCUSSIVE SOUNDS
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WHAT IS CAGE'S SQUARE ROOT FORM
SUBDIVISIONS HAVE SAME PROPORTIONS AS LARGER ONES
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WHAT WAS CAGE INFLUENCED BY
ZEN BUDDHISM
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WHAT IS INDETERMINANCY AND WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF IT
GIVING UP CONTROL IN A PERFORMANCE; CAGE'S 4'33"
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WHAT IS CHANCE MUSIC
UNPREDICTABILITY/CHANCE IN COMPOSITION
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WHAT IS BABBITT'S PHILOMEL BASED ON
OVID'S PHILOMENA, AND OTHERS (GRUSOME STORY)
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WHAT WAS MILTON BABBIT INTERESTED IN
SERIALISM AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC
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WHAT TECHNIQUE DID BABBITT USE IN PHILOMEL
CHORDS WITH ALL CHROMATIC SCALE NOTES, RETROGRADE
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WHAT IS TEXTURAL MUSIC
CONVENTIAL NOTIONS FOCUSED ON COMPLEX SOUNDS WITH INSRTUMENTS OR ELECTRONICS
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WHAT IS PHASE MUSIC AND WHO DEVELOPED IT
-REICH -TEMPOS THAT START TOGETHER, GROW APART, AND COME TOGETHER AGAIN IN A PHASE
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