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Night on bald mountain

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Modest Mussorgsky

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AO4 for Night on Bald mountain

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Unease
Restless
Unsettling
Disruption of musical flow

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Melody in night on bald mountain

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Short, fragmente phrases
Angular leaps
Ostinato in strings and winds
Cheomaticism
Rising sequences

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Texture in night on bald mountain

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Homophonic, polyphonic, countermelodies

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Threnody to the victims of Hiroshima

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Krysztof Penderecki

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AO4 for threnody to the victims of Hiroshima

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Sounds like screeching
Suffering
Pain
Distress

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Harmony in threnody to the victims of Hiroshima

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Microtones
Dissonance
Unresolved tension

High pitch beginning
Low pitch ending

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Performance techniques in threnody to the victims of Hiroshima

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Con legno
Play near the bridge
Glissandos

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Tempo in threnody to the victims of hiroshima

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Unmetered

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Music for strings, percussion, and celesta

MTV and composer

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2nd movement (ALLEGRO)

Bela Bartok

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AO4 for music for strings, percussion and Celeste 2nd movement (allegro)

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Unsettling, tense, instability

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Texture in music for strings, percussion, and Celeste (allegro)

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Fugal opening
Dense polyphony

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Harmony in music for strings, percussion, and Celeste (allegro)

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Chromaticism
Dissonance

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Tonality in music for strings, percussion, and celeste

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ATONAL

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Rhythm in music for strings, percussion, and celeste

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Syncopation
Cross rhythms

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Performance techniques in music for strings, percussion, and celeste

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Plucking
Glissandos
Play near the bridge

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Melody in music for strings, percussion, and celeste

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Folk Melodies -> Fragmented and distorted

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Structure in music for strings, percussion, and celeste

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Structural ambiguity

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String quintet n.8

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Dimitir Shostakovich

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AO4 string quintet n. 8

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Represents his inner turmoil
Autobiographical
Fear
Destruction of war and totalitarian oppression

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Melody in String quintet n. 8

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DSCH motif repeats all the time
Quasi mechanical repetition
Motif is played in different registers across different instruments

(He created a motif with his initials)

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Harmony in string quintet n. 8

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Dissonance
Chromaticism

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Tonality in string quintet n. 8

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C minor

However, the tonality always appears to be threatened by the chromaticism

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The nightmare and dawn: Vertigo

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AO4 for the nightmare and dawn (film: vertigo)
Reflects the protagonist’s fractured psyche and unsettling emotional state
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Harmony in nightmare and dawn
Dissonance Chord cluster Non-functional harmony
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Performance technique in nightmare and dawn
Glissando
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Melody in nightmare and dawn
Leitmotifs are distorted and fragmented Repetitive
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Tonality in nightmare and dawn
ATONAL
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Tempo in nightmare and Dawn
Abrupt tempo changes
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Four seasons: Autumn
Vivaldi
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Harmony in Autumn from the 4 seasons
Perfect 5ths Dissonance Chromaticism
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Tempo and rhythm in Autumn from the 4 seasons
Sudden silences Rhythmically varied
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Autumn, 4 seasons structure
Programme music… 1. Hunting scene 2. Drunken revelry 3. Quiet stillness with hidden foreboding
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Folk Melodies WIDER LISTENING
Folk song 57 Anton J
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Scythian suite
Prokofiev (1913)
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Performance techniques in Scythian Suite
Tremolo
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Harmony and tonality in Scythian Suite
Dissonant Unstable
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Instrumentation in Scythian suite
2nd mvt. = Woodwind flourishes Heavy percussion and low brass Timpani 3rd mvt. = muted brass, soft percussion, ethereal strings, harp, solo woodwind sections 4th mvt. = triumphant brass fanfare
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“Sleeping Beauty”
Tchaikovsky
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Melodies in “Sleeping Beauty”
Leitmotifs used for specific characters. Aurora: Graceful, major key -> innocence Evil fairy: angular, dissonant, aggressive rhythms, ominous brass Lilac Fairy: harp and string accompaniment -> protection
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Instrumentation in “Sleeping Beauty”
99 players, large orchestra
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Harmony in “sleeping beauty”
Lush romantic harmonies Chromaticism Modulations
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Rhythm in “sleeping beauty”
Variety of dance styles… Aurora’s birthday: Waltz Courtly scenes: Mazurka and Polonaise Flirtation and intimacy: pizzicato pas de deux
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Sabre dance
Khachaturian
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Rhythm in khachaturian’s sabre dance
Displacement of accents Rhythmic ostinatos Syncopation Dotted rhythms Irregular groupings Accelerando
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Ewe Ghana Tribal drumming (mention the dance)
Agbekan Dance
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Rhythm in Ewe tribal drumming
Subdivision of beats Compound times

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