MU - Music MU 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Claude Debussy, Conservatoire De Paris, Character Piece
23 Mar 2017
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Assignment: chapter 29 on claude debussy and impressionism. Read chapters: 22-26 for lecture week six (skip chapter 28) Review of romantic italian opera style: bel canto style beautiful singing and long held notes, la donne mobile is a good example (read in class) Ii volo sings ol sole mio (my sunshine) (italian song written in 1898) German opera: richard wagner music drama the ring cycle , no breaks in the performance / more serious, mythology based extremely long / epic. Nationalism: depicting one"s country in art or music, patriotism, using imagery from one"s country, using folk music from one"s country. Composer: bedrich smetana: czech composer of programmatic music, was against absolute music for programmatic, pioneered nationalistic movement in music, gifted pianist and violinist. John"s tapids timpani / brass / cymbals: historic castles: brass chorale, river fades away (decrescendo, the end chord. Assignment: chapter 30 on the 20th century and chapter 31 on mainstream music and benjamin.
