MUAR 211 Study Guide - Oni, Polytonality

• School: McGill University
• Department: Music-Arts Faculty
• Course: MUAR 211
• Professor: Jerry M.Cain

Document Summary

Such works often have a rather static" quality: symbolist poetry. : focuses strongly on the pleasant and evocative sounds of words in combination rather than any narrow, clear and literal meaning. : night piece suggest a mood or are picturesque: nocturne, tone poem/symphonic poem, ternary form, pentatonic scale, whole-tone scale orchestra with a descriptive title. scale was used commonly by the french impressionists. : the fundamental note of a brass instrument: pedal tone, avant garde. : one-movement work in a free form for. : a scale built entirely of whole tone intervals. The whole tone: often questions fundamental assumptions or serves as an example of a particular philosophical stance; therefore, some styles of new art can be very challenging for both performers and audiences, and it has often. : philosophical and aesthetic stance underlying the period of change and development in musical language that occurred around the 20th century.