MU 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Program Music, Richard Strauss, Frame Story
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Program music is heard in the concert hall well played by an orchestra, but also at graduation ceremonies and other large events. Suggestive music- the title can suggest: the idea of the program, a poem or novel, accompanies a dramatic work such as a play or film. Sometimes the composer writes an accompanying note about the piece to guide the listener. Music must be evocative of character scenes, and emotions. Four major musical forms of program music for the concert hall: program symphony, symphonic poem/tone poem, incidental music, concert overture. The program was an integral part of the composition- new! The id e fixe represents the image of the beloved that will never leave the desperate lover"s consciousness. A long piece of program music for orchestra in which the music depicts a story, scene, or mood. Similar to program symphonies, but without inner form. Tone poem- symphonic poem renamed in late romantic era.
