VPMB82H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Oboe, Arthur Honegger, Georges Auric
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O(er(ie: 20th century composers, continuation of course material and introduction to listening pieces. One movement, programmatic music that refers to something other than itself. Cloud themes that alternates between 3rd"s and 5ths (cid:840)circulates like a cloud(cid:841) English horn tritone motive then drifts down. Rather chromatic chords but doesn"t sound dissonant. Drone in music: referencing folk music of some kind (cid:840)bag pipes, etc. (cid:841) Listening list: prelude to (cid:873)afternoon of a faun(cid:874) (cid:840)1892-1894(cid:841) - claude debussy. Later includes repeating sections with the rest of the orchestra and the oboe (cid:840)alternating(cid:841) Flute replaces oboe again, and repeats the signature 9 notes (cid:840)descending and ascending(cid:841) No key / time signature, even though it is in 2-4. Caden a: chance to show off, comes from the word cadence. Half of the song is making fun of caden as (cid:840)cadences(cid:841) Title has nothing to do with piece. New languages for all arts: questioning traditional representation and forms (cid:840)james.
