MUL 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Melodic Pattern
14 Jun 2016
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1938-1945: over 6 million jews murdered confined to ghettos and concentration camps. Music related to struggles and hope, faith, resistance. Music for work and entertainment propaganda distguised executions ( es iz geven a zumer-tog - by young inmate, set to pop song) 1- olivier messiaen: quatuar por la fin du temps (1941) clarinet, violin, cello, piano use mathematical cycles composed in prison in poland. 1st movement: liturgie de cristal: represent bird songs and eternity (violin and clarinet) (piano) sequences of rhythmic and melodic patterns (no recognizable form) 2- benjamin britten: war requiem (1962) funeral mass, combined with poetry of wilfred owen. 2 orchestras, organ, satb choir, boys choir, 3 soloists. Tradition: soprano soloist, satb choir, full orchestra (liturgy in latin) British and german soldiers: 2 male soloists and small orchestra (poetry in english) Innocence and hope: boy choir and organ (sung in latin) standard requiem structure along side poetry.
