MUSIC 408A Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Ondes Martenot, Olivier Messiaen, Darmstadt School
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The europe an po st-w ar av ant g arde and the darmstadt school : world war ii (1939-1945, some fled, but others were not lucky enough, some composers were caught up in wwii. Instrumentation: bb clarinet, violin, cello, piano: messiaen"s faith, overt reference to the book of revelation, double meaning: piece written to end musical time as well, movements, liturgie de crystal (quartet) Internationale ferienkurse f r neue musik (international holiday courses in new music), International summer festival for modernism: figurehead of european modernism, everyone was listening to him, shares his technique de mon language musical, boulez, militant advocate of twelve-tone music, eventually took over the festival, pierre boulez (1925-2016) Any musician who has not felt the necessity of dodecaphonic language is of no use. : other composers associated with darmstadt: Iannis xenakis (1922-2001: greek-american composers, very political, explains passion for the things discussed as. Darmstadt: brilliant, 1940 greco-italian war, then italy joins the axis powers during.
