MUSC 102 Lecture Notes - Sergei Diaghilev, Symphonic Poem, Classical Ballet
11 Apr 2014
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Listening: stravinsky, the rite of spring, opening section; schoenberg, madonna from pierrot lunaire. Anxiety at the turn of the 20th century. Interpretation of dreams in 1902, a dream is an expression of an unfulfilled wish: role of women. Les demoiselle birth of cubism, female figures are broken up into strong angular shapes, foreground and background blend together, Colours are saturated and lively, not about realism its about energy, going against romantic notion, Rhythm main focus, rather than melody or anything else, rhythm changes to accent a beat we are not anticipating --- syncopation. Poly rhythms, different rhythms layered on top of one another. Harmony stravinsky takes a traditional chord, bitonality, two tonalities clashing in the same piece at the same time. Texture trills, two adjacent notes, fuller texture more instruments are coming in at the beginning can be called an additive texture.
