MUS 114 Lecture 11: Notes
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Alban berg (1885-1935: composed the piece: lyric suite, six movement work for string quartet. All the strings play over each other. Sudden harsh and intense prolonged notes: 2nd movement: andante amoroso, 3rd movement: allegro misterioso and trio ecstatico (3 minutes) Many different instruments play over each other. Plays movement parts backwards, sounds like rewinding: 4th movement: adagio appassionato, 5th movement: presto delirando, 6th movement: largo desolato: this final movement contains a hidden vocal part with te(cid:454)t fro(cid:373) baudelaire (cid:862)de produ(cid:374)dis(cid:863) (cid:862)fro(cid:373) the depths i call to thee(cid:863) The story: the (cid:449)ork"s si(cid:454) (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts tell a lo(cid:448)e stor(cid:455). Bela bartok (1881-1945: hungarian, deeply involved in the collecting and recording of fold music from. Eastern europe: but at the same time a strict formalist in his later works, such as the music for strings, percussion and celesta (1936) Same year as the berg violin concerto.
