VPMB82H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sergei Rachmaninoff, Romantic Nationalism, Alexander Scriabin
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O(er(ie: review of week 1, continuation of course material and introduction to listening pieces. He reflects monumentality in the length and the number of performances. )as concerned with orchestration and monumental themes (cid:840)extreme romantic figures - life and death, etc. (cid:841) and uses these themes with an emphasis on orchestral clarity. Songs about the death of children (cid:840)monumental themes(cid:841) The massive orchestra is rarely heard playing together. Strophic composed: repeated verse with changing lyrics, etc. Hopefully presentation at the end - rising semitones that comes back throughout the song - someone represents the sun rising. Based on a story by oscar )ilde. About king herod (cid:840)and his incestuous relationship with his daughter(cid:841) Daughter (cid:840)salome(cid:841) is in love with a prophet, who rejects her. Infamous dance of the seven veils (cid:840)asked by king herod to dance for him to grant her a wish(cid:841) - her wish: the prophet"s head on a platter.
