MUS 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Tone Row, Second Viennese School, Anton Webern
11 Dec 2015
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Paris conservatory: wasn"t a good student professors didn"t like that he didn"t conform to musical styles of the time. Patron nadezhda von meck (also contributed to another musician"s career) Debussy"s prelude to the afternoon of a faun. Recreates the mood of the poem (vague, dream-like: don"t hear themes or thoughts of the faun, but emphasis on different colour and mood. Lack of tonality: does sound tonal but don"t have a sense of moving forward ( modulation? home key? ) : changes in colour and a light background. End of 19th century, beginning of 20th century. Based on a spanish dance: meant to be danced: ballet genre, not a traditional type of development: the colour develops (instead of changing the melody notes, harmony or. Single melody repeated throughout (with ostinato as accompaniment), two-part melody aabb rhythm: 1:50 harp added to ostinato, more of an exercise in colour development and building tension (especially towards the end)
