MUSC 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Virtuosity, Synthesizer, Moral Panic
22 Mar 2017
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* next week"s listening test motown on. Classical music and different aspects of rock. Classical music, more broad in western music (not 18th century classical era) Simple forms so far in this class. Interest in new timbers (from the avant garde classical music) On their way to the future, or they"re elsewhere in the future. The lyrics represent the fantasy escape style of dealing with eh 1970"s (reflect it or escape it) People who are loved but who aren"t here. Prog rock was very experimental and wide ranging. Struck mainstream a bit but didn"t stay for long. Subject matter crazy - having sex with dead people. End of every show, alice cooper dies. Big spectacle with fake head that they throw to the audience. Similar bass line from earlier music (brill building ) Once you hit the climax and the horrible thing happens, there"s a moment to recover.
