MUSIC 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Piano Trio, Impressionism In Music, Nyckelharpa
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What is music: function vs "pure" art form. Inheritance power to evoke and imitate emotions. School songs: what music is "about" in these examples: What about "art for arts sake?: war of the romantics" 19th century debate between the "progressive" and the "conservative" Music does not represent anything but itself. Wagner-wrote operas words and music were uni ed as one. Liszt"s "la camperlla" (little bell: music and psychology. Many ways to approach: implications of listening as intentional. Intention implies a person behind the intention. That person and his/her experiences de ne how we listen: igor stravinsky"s rule of spring (1913) Orchestra w/ ballet chorea for paris"s ballet company. Based pagan ritual, young girl is selected for sacri ce and ultimately dies in the end: how do we talk about the experience of music. Western culture: the element of music t. ie#ie?e. Debt are en nyckelharpa (instrument: nyckel= old swedish word for key, harpa= "keyed ddled, has 16 strings.
