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Scoenberg and Berg
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11/24/2011

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Expressionism
Definition
extreme emotion
extreme states of hysteria and insanity
influenced by psychoanalytic theory
dreams, unconscious drives
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Pierrot Lunaire, 1912
Definition
Song Cycle from poems by Albert Giraud, a symbolist
Term
Performance Forces for "Pierrot Lunaire"
Definition
Soprano and five instrumentalists that double on some instruments.
-flute, piccolo
-clarinet, bass clarinet
-violin
-viola
-cello
-piano
>Each song has its own accompaniment
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Sprechstimme
Definition
"speech song"
pitches are approximate but rhythms are precise
from Expressionism
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Schoenberg No8 "Night"
Definition
For Voice, piano, bass clarinet, cello (in lower range)
Passacaglia
ostinato on motive of ascending minor thirds and descending major thirds
-chromatic
-overlaps
-in different voices
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Schoenberg no. 18 "Moonfleck"
Definition
-for Voice, piano, piccolo, clarinet, violin, cello
-begins with traditional material
-obsession
-high fast motives
-use of fugues and cannons
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Who was a part of the Second Viennese School
Definition
Schoenberg and two Pupils, Anton Webern, and Alban Berg
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What was the purpose of the Second Viennese School?
Definition
link experiments in atonality and serialism to German music History at large
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Alban Berg
Definition
Student of Schoenberg
composer of Wozzeck
more accessible used styles and textures associated with tonal music
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What was Wozzeck based off of?
Definition
sketches from an unfinished play (based on a true story)
written by Georg Buchner
exploration of the poor
paranoia
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Characteristics of Wozzeck
Definition
Atonal
orchestral interludes between scenes
Wagnerian influences (leitmotives, no arias, importance of orchestra)
Term
PLot of Wozzeck
Definition
Wozzeck- a Soldier
Marie-His girlfriend
The Doctor
The captain
The Drum Major
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Act III scene three Wozzeck
Definition
Begins with orchestral interlude that concludes scene 2 (marie's murder)
consists of one pitch in two crescendos
Term
Act III scene three, Plot and other characteristics.
Definition
Tavern scene
"Ragtime piano"- out of tune
Built on a short rhythm that reoccurs with slight modifications outside of the dramatic tempo changes
-ostinato
followed by an orchestral interlude
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Act III Scene four
Definition
Music sets scene-Frogs
use of Sprechstimme
Wozzeck's death
most emotional music in the opera
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What is Serialism?
Definition
systemization of chromaticism
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