MUSIC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Symphonic Poem, Franz Liszt, Gustav Mahler
26 Dec 2015
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European literature and art from the 1850"s on was marked by realism. Symphonic poem- a one-movement orchestral composition with a program in a free musical form. Nationalism- the incorporation of national folk music into concert pieces, songs, and operas. Nationalist composers often broke the traditional rules of harmony, form, and so on. Because of nationalist composers, audiences were able to hear folk music of other nations. The russian kuchka- a close group of five russian nationalist composers: mily balakirev (1837-1910, alexander borodin (1833-1887, cesar cui (1835-1918, nikolai rimsky-korsakov (1844-1908, modest musorgsky (1839-1881) Modest musorgsky (1839-1881: son of a well-to-do landowner, never felt secure in his technique and relied on. Rimsky-korsakov to criticize his work: personality was filled with extreme self-doubt, was rather unstable and became an alcoholic early in life, he died of alcoholism and epilepsy at the age of forty-two. Johannes brahms (1833-1897: the son of an orchestral musician in hambur.
