Music 2711F/G Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: Song Cycle, Octatonic Scale, Franz Schubert
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Well-known scandalist, the ballet-new thrill all kind of rumour. Strange- instrument range, rhythm is symmetrical, not tonal music. Radical innovations in the rite of spring: the scene and costumes: a pagan. Artistic in pagan society, non of the ladies wear dresses, dance is shocking, head is side: the da(cid:374)(cid:272)e: sho(cid:272)ki(cid:374)gly differe(cid:374)t to classical ballet. Hear over over again its unusual in western music) irregular accents and constancy of chord (x200): unusual in western music: polytonality: eg. eb7 (vln, vla, horns 1-4) vs. e major (cello, basses, horns 5-8) Living in pacific, spending time in own art. Polytonality, very contrasting colour, colour is much more bold, bright colour, strong sense of shock, less artificial, connect to nature reality of world. Paul gauguin, the seed of the areoi 1892. Some european idealize innoncent, lacking, innovation, lacking artistry, humanity is all about, they knew that this is shocking civilized want to provoke them what society look like.