quiz 5 Flashcards
(119 cards)
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impressionism captures what
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fragmentary immediacy of human perception
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impressionism in paintings chars
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water, play of light, not abstract but just unclear, soft hues, hazy, indistinct, nature scenes
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impressionism chars in music
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exotic scales > pentatonic, whole tone, octatonic, modes
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monet when
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1840-1926
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monet who
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imp painter
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debussy when
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1862-1918 62-18 like bad vision idk
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debussy what and studied where
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innovative fr composer; paris conservatory
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debussy chars
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lush harmonics, very chromatic, dont often resolve, extended chords, harmonic planing, pedal tones, exotic scales, rhythmically free
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program symphony
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multi mvt comp, extramusical content
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extended chord
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chords of 4+ pitches stacked
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exotic scales which
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pent, whole tone, octatonic, modes
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pent scale
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5 pitch
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whole tone scale
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every interval whole
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oct scale
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alt half and whole steps
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modes
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diatonic scales other than maj + min
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harmonic planing
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progression where each chord has same intervallic content
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pedal tone/pt
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long notes usually in bass > sound against harmonies in upper parts
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ww1 when
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1914-18
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ww2 when
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1939-45
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modernism
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innovative stylistic devs in 1st half of 20th cent
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primitivism what
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art of non-euro cultures in “lesser stage” of cultural dev; humanity in its infancy; form of exoticism, rejection of eu society and indust rev in 1900
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primitivism painting chars
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block-like forms, simple, surreal colors, rough, dark outlines, relig icons and idols, rejection of trad sculpting mtls
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gaugin when
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1848-1903
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gaugin who
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primitivist painter, french, interested in s pacific, moved to tahiti
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igor stravinsky when
1882-1971
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stravinsky what
russian composer 20th cent, moved to us, wrote for russian ballet
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rite of spring when
1913
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rite of spring big event and when
riot 1913 first performance
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rite of spring genre
ballet score
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rite of spring parts
adoration of earth + the sacrifice; subdivision into individually named dances
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rite of spring style
primitivist
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rite of spring form
block
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rite of spring chars
unpredictable accents, asymm meters, rhythmic, dissonant, polytonal
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ballet score
orch music to be played during..... a …. i forget
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block form
abrupt juxta of different musical tableaux > crude craftsmanship; sometimes layered on top of each other
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polyrhythm
simult combination of contrasting rhythms
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polytonality
simultaneous juxtaposition of 2+ key areas in diff parts of orch
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commission
money paid to artist to facilitate creation of new work for specific ensemble, performance, occasion
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pizzicato
bitch...
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nadia boulanger when
1887-1979 (baker 8oz -1; smashing pumpkins pie bc shes a baker)
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nadia boulanger what
fr teacher of composition, conductor, keyboardist; studied at Paris conservatory with faure
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nadia boulanger significance as a conductor
one of first female professional conductors
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nadia boulanger teacher significance
one of foremost comp teachers of 20th cent; from 16-death at 92
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n boulanger taught where
american conserv at fountainbleu and paris conserv; taught several important composers as bernstain, copeland, glass
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lily boulanger when
1893-1918
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l boulanger
younger sister of nadia; performing + composing musician
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l boulanger cause of death
chron intest tb
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l boulanger big achievement
prix de rome faust et helen; FIRST WOMAN
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l boulanger influences
impress + exoticist; soc + pol issues; war; chinoiserie
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prix de rome
competition sponsored by fr acad des beaux arts > award is funded pd of study in rome; rite of passage + monetary support
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prix de rome when
1803-1968
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cantata
music composition with inst accomp; rec then aria - rec-can, then tAta-aria
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expressionism where and when
germany scandinavia, 1880-1925
expressive: long = later in cent; even nbrs e and e
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expressionism traits
intense emotion, isolation, madness, deranged psych state; reaction to impressionism and realism
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expressionist painting chars
distortions of color, form; unease, altered reality
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expressionist subject matter
war, poverty, disease, inhumanity
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arnold schoenberg when
1874-1951 "almost pretty aka schoen" > they are almost even numbers
arnold palmer 50/50 death
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schoenberg who
austrian jewish composer, assc with vienna; one of most important composers of 20th cent; one of first modernists
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schoenberg style traits
abandoned tonality c 1908; rejected by several contemps; 12-tone composition
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atonality
dissonance used freely; no harmony rules. intentional avoidance of pitch ctr > no tonic. all 12 pitches in an octave used anytime
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bartok when
1881-1945
birth symmetrical; death ww2 (expressionism > war)
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bartok what
hungarian composer, pianist, prof at budapest acad of music, scholar of ethnic music
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bartok studies
fieldwork in remote peasant villages outside of austro-hung empire, recorded + studied ethnic unwritten music trad > compiling more than 10k romanian, slovak, hung folksongs
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bartok musical chars
dissonance, chromatic scale, atonal, rhythmically innovative; asymmetrical, surprise accents, percussive style; musical palindrome, arch form, bartok pizz, glissando, nationalism, primitivism
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ethnomusicology
bartok area of study; scientific study, collection, classification of music from non western cultures
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use of recording tech in field work
recovery of preservation of folk trad as inspiration for other music rooted in heritage of ethnic group; nationalist/primitivist; use of phonographs
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musical nationalism
i feel like... you know this
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musical palindrome
same forwards as backwards
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arch form
entire mvt is palindromic for larger formal sections
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influence of folk in early 20c nationalism
use as inspiration for heritage of specific national/ethnic group
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ext technique
using instrument in a weird way
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cowell when
1897-1965
birth same as boulanger but +10 bc cow is a butcher not a baker; 1965 is almost mom (well/even)
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cowell what
composer, music theorist, author, pianist
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cowell wrote what
new musical resources
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cowell innovations
string piano (playing the actual strings); tone cluster
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tone cluster
all notes between notes
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string piano
ext technique; playing the strings
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amer ultra modernism when
1920-30s
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amer ultramod what
expanding dissonance; colorful clashing, disparity, rich in spiritual resonance; "dissonating" dynamics
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crawford seeger when
1901-1953
born a century before you and you both like horror; died same year as price and they're both women. seeger 53
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crawford seeger what
amer ultramodernist composer; specialist in amer trad folk music. model for dissonant counterpoint. approaches to serialism
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serialism
12 tone music
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crawford seeger works often cast as
conventional classic/romantic genres, forms > suites, chamber song, char piece, string quartet, sonata etc
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seeger folk influence
transcription, editing, arrangements of amer folk music in 40s, 50s
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mixed chamber ensemble
alto voice, alto flute, viola, guitar, vibraphone, xylorimba, unpitched percussion
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carl sandburg when
1878-1967
78 birth bc hes a year off of mom; 67 "sand a year off"
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sandburg what
amer poet; seeger set a lot of her songs to his shit
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dissonant counterpoint
combo of diff melodic lines in dissonant way
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florence beatrice price when
1887-1953
idk. 87 seems like a common price? also 50c + 3 names = 53 also same as seeger death they are both women
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price what
amer composer, pianist, organist, music teacher
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price big achievement
first afr amer woman to be recognized as symph composer; first to have comp played by major orch
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price style
afr amer folk incorp into late romantic style
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juba dance
form of handclapping and body slapping practiced by afr amer to accomp improv dance; complex cross rhythms with footfalls; sometimes a chant; earliest recorded ref on plantations in 1820s
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debussy la mer 1 de laube a midi sur la mer genre
program symphony or orch suite
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debussy estampes no 1 pagodes genre
character piece
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what is a pagoda
type of east asian tiered tower > nepal, china, japan, Korea, etc
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estampes genre
cycle of character pieces
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stravinsky le sacre du printemps style
primitivism
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stravinsky sacre du printemps genre
ballet score
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l boulanger vielle priere bouddhique form
aba
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l boulanger vielle priere bouddhique style
impressionist, exotic or primitivist; chant, drone, pedal tones, modal, parallel motion, textless womens voices
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vielle priere bouddhique ensemble
tenor solo, chorus, orch
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debussy style
impressionist
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vielle priere bouddhique genre
secular cantata
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cowell banshee genre
char piece
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cowell voice of lir genre
char piece ???
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seeger string quartet style
um string quartet, conventional, 4mvt > fast, scherzo, slow, fast
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seeger string qt mvt 1 genre
sonata? quartet?
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seeger in tall grass style
ultramodernist
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seeger in tall grass genre
art song (?)
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bartok music for strings mvt 1 ensemble
string orch + celesta
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bartok music for strings mvt 1 texture
imit poly, atonal
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bartok style
neoclassicism
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bartok music for strings etc genre
related to symphony
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bartok string quart 4 mt 5 genre
string qt (masterwork????)
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bartok string quart 4 mt 5 form
large scale arch form > 1st + 5th, 2nd + 4th; unique 3rd
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price juba dance style
juba....dance within classical form
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price juba dance genre
symphony
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pagodes style
exotic, impressionist
