MUSC 102 Lecture Notes - New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, Legato
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Charles ives (1874-1954: first distinctly modernist american composer, father was a band master (composed and conducted, father"s influence led to an interest in marching band music, realism. Interested in american patriotism and uses bands as a method of nostalgia progressive: sing/play in another key, musician"s mistakes. Three pieces in new england (2 nd movement putnam"s camp ) by ives: program music, aba form, polytonality, sometimes bitonality (think of stravinsky regarding bitonality, polyphony, small snippets of old american tunes (ex. Autry as an uplifting figure for the us: billy the kid (1938, simple, slow-moving harmonies (more time for audience to take in, step-wise motion melodies, liked triads; represented western expansion (stability and openness/spaciousness) Fanfare for the common man (1942) lift and inspire audience simple instrumentation regal, authoritative sound (brass and percussion only) for the common people. Martha graham (1894-1991) train to california in 1908 develops appetite for space : modern dancer and choreographer.
