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| Classical Music – characteristics |
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| Simplicity, and careful attention to form. 5 characteristics: 1. Variety and contrast in mood 2. Flexibility of rhythm (pauses, changes in long/short notes, etc) 3.predominately homophonic texture 4. Memorable melody 5. Gradual changes in dynamics |
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| an extended musical composition for orchestra usually consisting of three or four movements |
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| Male dancers (danseurs) played main roles. Came of age under Catherine de’ Medici. Single dramatic storyline throughout |
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| Mentor kept her hidden among corps de ballet cause she was so good. She was good at entrechat. First women to dance like a man. |
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| Invented tights! Attached ballerinas to wires in Zephyr and Flora flying them in and out of the scene. Started the dancing en pointe. |
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| Wrote Letters on Dancing and Ballets. Said music should be “written to fit each phrase and thought” and movement should be “faithful likeness of beauty and nature,” exemplified “psychological realism” |
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| Express emotion, stylistic changes from classical. More gradual natural extension of classical principles. Spontaneity replaced control. Emphasis on beautiful, lyrical and expressive melody. Phrases longer/more complex. |
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| Composition of solo voice with piano with poetic text allowed variety of lyrical and dramatic expressions. German lyric poetry influenced growth. Depended on relationship with piano and voice. Franz Schubert. |
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| Dominated in France, Italy and Germany. Grand Opera, Louis Veron, early 19th century. James Offenbach, opera comique (spoken dialogue mixed with music). |
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| Influenced by Franz Schubert. Master of romantic opera, total unity (music, poetry, scenery). German mythology. Wrote two books: Art and Revolution and Opera and Drama. Philosophy: Gesamtkunstwerk |
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| Wagner famous for but didn’t invent. A musical theme that tied an idea, a person or an object. When ever ‘it’ comes on stage you hear the theme. Gives audience idea of relationships and give building blocks for development, recapitulation and unification. |
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| The scores were composed for Nutcracker and Swan Lake by him. |
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| Came from a Russian School. Appeared in 1877 by Moscow Bolshoi. Fouette was popularized. |
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| First to leave Denishawn School. Most influential to modern dance. Modern dance- nonballetic tradition that she symbolized. Said school didn’t give good artistic base. Used more fierce and earthy moves. Her style became more lyrical in line and movement but never lost passion. |
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| Dance piece – “Appalachian Spring” |
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| Choreographed by Graham, music by Aaron Copland. Shows triumph of love and common sense over the fire and brimstone of American Puritanism. Graham played bride. Wedding on American Frontier. |
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| Emerged in California in mid 1960s. Steady pulse, transparent tonality, and short melodic patterns that are repeated many times. Dynamic levels, textures, and harmonies also stay the same for long periods. Repetition creates pulsating and hypnotic quality. Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, and John Adams. |
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| Merce Cunningham –“Summerspace”, “Winterbranch” |
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| Illustrate his use of chance or indeterminacy. He would have them practice many different sets that were interchangeable, and would change them up. They also learned the dance with out music only by count and added the music at last minute. Used whole stage so audience could choose focus. |
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