VPMB82H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Polytonality, Glissando, Oskar Kokoschka
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O(er(ie: 20th century composers, continuation of course material and introduction to listening pieces. Listening list: music for strings, percussion, and celesta. Overall structure: palindrome (cid:840)ex: ma"dam, i"m adam(cid:841) Bass, cello, (in, (cid:840) (cid:841), (in, cello, bass. Point of imitation (cid:840)low violins moving up moving up(cid:841) 5-4 = central part in this piece. Listening list: rite of spring: igor stravinsky (cid:840)1882 -1971(cid:841) Omens of spring - dance of the adolescents. (cid:873)stamping chord(cid:874) - percussion ostinato: short melodic ostinatos. Has the opening of debussy"s opening to the faun in the beginning. E flat and e major polytonal chords. Listening list: danse sacrale (cid:840)next excerpt of rite of spring(cid:841) )hen the sacrificial virgin dances herself to death. )hole tone scale (cid:840)atonality(cid:841) eventually : bi-tonality atonality. Sergei rachmaninoff (cid:840)1873 - 1943(cid:841): prelude in g minor (cid:840)modelled on bach & chopin(cid:841) 1909-22 revolutionary russian period (cid:840)primitivist(cid:841) - ballet music for ballet russe (cid:840)sergei. Modal folk scales/harmonies to evoke pagan ritual.
