MUS 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Recitative, Romantic Music, Bass Clarinet
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Lecture, reading/chapter/novel/article during class, power point, movies (if need to collect info. ) Romantic music, and all of a sudden they"re hearing something dissonant and outrageous. The rite of spring (1913: ballet, series of tribal rituals (primitivism, bold, daring, dissonant. (pleasing to the ear, nice and conjunct. Very intuitive if it"s in major key and a conjunct melody it"s a little easier. Shocked because of the atonality very unsettling and doesn"t connect with people emotionally. Varies it"s slow, then suddenly fast, then slow lots of change. Very difficult because of the atonality and disjunct melody. Realist (themes like suicide found within madama butterfly) Religion and morals (having baby out of wedlock) Anton webern (1883: post wwii (served in wwii, pupil of schoenberg. Shot by an american soldier in a bar after the war (by accident: not minimalist, sparse, no extra notes, use of silence, very wide range of dynamics, short compositions.
