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20th century musical trends
Rhythmic complexity
Unbalanced difficult melodies
Richer Harmony - polychords &
polyharmony
More Chamber groups
Tightly organized forms
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20th century European styles
Post Romanticism
Impressionism
Expressionism
Neo Classical
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Post Romanticism
Associated with Germany, Italy, and
Austria
Continued to write in Classical/Romantic
genres
Lyrical melodies, deeply passionate
More exoticism and interest in fresh ideas
COMPOSERS: Strauss, Puccini, Mahler
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Impressionism
Began in Paris, France (late 19th c.)
Artists: Monet, Renoir
Symbolist Poets: Maillarmé, Verlaine
MUSIC: Opposition to “German” Romanticism
Abstract Qualities
COMPOSERS: Debussy Ravel
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ImpressionismResponse to cultural awakening of the Paris World Exhibition of 1889
Inventive orchestration with new timbres
“Transparent” melodies
Embraced dissonance in harmony
Avoided tonal centers
Rhythm and meter are obscurred
Short “lyric” forms
Evocative titles
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VideoDebussy’s “Prelude to the Afternoon
of a Faun”
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ExpressionismGerman Response to French Impressionism
Deeply emotional
Expanded harmony, melody, and instrumental registers
Heavily reliant on form
Associated with 2nd Viennese School
COMPOSERS: Schoenberg, Berg, Webern
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VideoSchoenberg’s 12 tone method
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Arnold Schoenberg(1874-1951)
1910 - wrote Theory of Harmony early composer to atonal music - music that lacks a tonal center, or key Leader of the Second Viennese School (with pupils and fellow composers Berg and Webern)
totally chromatic expressionism serial twelve-tone music
His Pierrot Lunaire - features: a melodic technique he called Klangfarbenmelodie (tone-color melody) where each note of melody is played by a different instrument. A vocal melody called Sprechstimme (spoken voice) where the text sounds spoken with approximate shifts in pitch rather than exact pitches and rhythms.
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Neo Classical ART (18th-19th c.) MUSICAL (late 19th-20th c.) renewed interest in the music of Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi (BAROQUE) Absolute music preferred Focus on craftsmanship and balance COMPOSERS:
Eric Satie (French) Paul Hindemith (German) Sergei Prokofiev (Russian)
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Igor Stravinsky(1882-1971)
born in Russia, later was naturalized in both France (1934) and America (1945).First achieved fame with 3 ballets commissioned by Serge Diagilev and performed by his Ballets Russes (Russian Ballets)
The Firebird (1910)Petrushka (1911)The Rite of Spring (1913)
Musical style evolved:Nationalism (Firebird)Primitivism (Rite of Spring)ExoticismNeoclassic works in 1920sSerialism in 1950s
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Stravinsky’s innovations
Use of polyrhythms, polytonality Experiments with atonality and serial procedures Unique and innovative use of dissonance Complex rhythmic structures odd time signatures, meters that change frequently Imaginative orchestration - sometimes expanded orchestra to be larger Use of extremes in instrumental register