MUS-0001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Whole Tone Scale, Sergei Diaghilev, Rondo
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The company never performed in russia, where the revolution disrupted society. Stravinsky: bart k, beethoven, beethoven"s heroic period/style, beethoven"s late period, bel canto, berlioz. Hungarian composer, pianist, music teacher, scholar (studied eastern european folk music) Traveled around eastern europe using phonograph to record folk music (ethnomusicology) (bart k recording of. Shifted to more accessible style inspired by folk music in the 1920s. Early 19th century, austria, inspired by ideals of the french revolution, Constant sense of urgency, violent, solemn, severe, exceptionally gentile. Maximizes vitality of all musical elements- higher and lower registers, sharper syncopations, stronger accents, harsher dissonances First era builds off of haydn and mozart. Made new demands on instruments heroic period- 1800 to 1818 (named after the heroic symphony, formally for napoleon) Heavy influence from french revolution late period- 1818-1827 (withdrawn, abstract, chamber music focus for fewer instruments (quartets, sonatas, etc)) More abstract- experiments on forms, chords, scales, etc.
