MUSIC 408A Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sergei Diaghilev, Louis Daguerre, Nicholas Roerich
Document Summary
Debussy: impressioni sm; stravinsky and b allet russe. Daguerreotype: louis daguerre (1884) early version of the camera: leads to development of photography as an art form, upset painting, art for its own sake, experimental approaches, subj. impressions of sensual experience. Inspired by whistler to compose his nocturne series: doesn"t follow what was the usual nocturne form, depicts lights etc. with music, nuages. Inspired new techniques such as shutter drag: uniform orchestral timbre, b established as center, but no m/m modality, pentatonicism, no i-v relationship, strings: coloristic writing, subtle dynamics, orchestration reflects clouds clearing and gathering in density, planing and modes. Stravinsky: modernizing ballet: alexandre nicolayevich benois, leader in russian modernism; ran an arts publication. Vi: sergei diaghilev, present historical concerts together, russian flavor.
