MUSI 1001 Study Guide - Program Music, Nadezhda Von Meck, Bel Canto
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Musi 1001a lecture 10: the ugly and vulgar have aesthetic value, baudelaire, millet, dickens, and zola represent the movement in literature and art. Social realism: leading characters are individuals from the poorer economic stratum of society, depicts the grimy, everyday life of industrialized nineteenth-century europe. Wagner eliminated ensemble singing and bel canto. Definition: pride in national culture, a movement that musically emphasized indigenous qualities by incorporating folk songs, native scales, dance rhythms, and local instrumental sounds. Music was the proudest expression of national spirit: national anthems came into being, marching bands and mass singing of patriotic songs began during this period. Russian government: earned a precarious living, first as a military officer and then as a clerk for the, composed during his spare time, part of a group of nationalist composers known as the mighty handful or the. Melodies, rhythms, and textures similar to russian folk music: compositions based on russian history, legends, and landscape.