MUSI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Ostinato, Nadezhda Von Meck, Polytonality
25 May 2016
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Varies from short dabs of sound to long, flowing lines. Scales that weaken the sense of tonic. Triad expanded to seventh and ninth chords. Chords frequently move in parallel motion (non-functional harmony: rhythm. Varies from thin and airy to heavy and dense: form. Avoids traditional forms with clear-cut sections and repetitions. Form adapted to the needs of each particular composition. Career: studied at the paris conservatory, spent 3 summers (1880-1882) working for nadezhda von meck. Gave piano lessons and played music with the family. Works: prelude to the afternoon of a faun. Composed his most famous orchestral composition in 1894. Composed to precede a staged reading of mallarme"s poem, but the music is not closely tied to the text. It was a radically new composition that illustrated the new impressionist style of music. Prominently featured flute associated with pan, the famous faun of greek mythology. An example of program music: voiles (sails)
