MUS 1751 Lecture : Music Appreciation Notes
Document Summary
Center of music business in new york city. Conductor of the new york philharmonic for nearly half a century. Musical sensation on broadway and as a movie. Private student of both broadway lyricist oscar hammerstein ii and twelve- tone composer milton babbitt. Combined serious, complex musical techniques with witty, poetic lyrics. Variety of styles- gershwin inspired jazz harmonies, stravinsky like dissonance. 3 hour-long tragedy with very little spoken dialogue. Sweeney todd, the demon barber of fleet street (1979) Music"s power can greatly affect our emotions more than images do. Use of richard strauss"s also sprach zarathustra in stanley. Has become a major form for both classically trained composers and popular bands. Descended from a laid back, riff based bluesy swing. 12 bar blues over a walking bass style called boogie woogie. First developed in and was marketed to african americans. Cross-over hits in the early 1940s by louis jordan. Rock 88 (1951) by ike turner"s kings of rhythm.
