Music 2711F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Friedrich Engels, Gebrauchsmusik, Far-Left Politics

• School: Western University
• Department: Music
• Course: Music 2711F/G
• Professor: Emily Ansari

Document Summary

Early 20th-century art music inspired by leftist politics. Music for use, creating music for social function. Country has ownership by everything, communist remains power until 1991: philosoph(cid:455) de(cid:448)eloped (cid:271)(cid:455) ka(cid:396)l ma(cid:396)(cid:454) & f(cid:396)ied(cid:396)i(cid:272)h e(cid:374)gels, e(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:373)passes politi(cid:272)al, e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272), a(cid:374)d so(cid:272)ial sphe(cid:396)es, class st(cid:396)u(cid:272)tu(cid:396)e eli(cid:373)i(cid:374)ated. No longer wealth and status: co(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) o(cid:449)(cid:374)e(cid:396)ship. Education and government allow divide citizen on society, result no one allow to poverty and everything on by state, communism is wonderful idea extreme differences ownership: i(cid:374) p(cid:396)a(cid:272)ti(cid:272)e, has ofte(cid:374) (cid:396)e(cid:448)e(cid:396)ted to totalita(cid:396)ia(cid:374)is(cid:373) Develop philosophy, devlop socialist realism, means express value of communism. Older farms single individualism, art from the west: opposite of (cid:862)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)alis(cid:373)(cid:863) Required: russia(cid:374)-derived folk and classical styles, (cid:373)e(cid:373)o(cid:396)a(cid:271)le (cid:373)elodies, (cid:272)la(cid:396)it(cid:455), si(cid:373)pli(cid:272)it(cid:455), a(cid:272)(cid:272)essi(cid:271)ilit(cid:455, (cid:448)o(cid:272)al a(cid:374)d p(cid:396)og(cid:396)a(cid:373)(cid:373)ati(cid:272) (cid:449)(cid:396)iti(cid:374)g the ideal. Ocialist realis(cid:373) i(cid:374) (cid:373)usic:(cid:863) so(cid:374)g of the cou(cid:374)terpla(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:1005)9(cid:1007)(cid:1006)(cid:895) Music that wrote for soundtrack for film, clear message for the worker and celebrate for workers. Repetative, hymn like, march rhythm very straight forward.