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- Dissonance is employed a lot more in twentieth-century music
- Use of linear texture and dissonant counterpoint
- Attention on penetrating wind instruments and "dark" instruments
- Emphasis on rhythms and percussion
- Many older forms such as toccata, fugue, concerto grosso, and suite were revived. They also retained the traditional symphony, sonata, and concerto.
-Schoenberg founded a method called serialism
- Tone row forms: transposed, inversion, retrograde, retrograde inversion
- The four principle paths: tonality, polytonality, atonality, and twelve-tone music
- Use of polytonality
- Atonal Music
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Expressionism
- Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
- Worked with Serge Diaghilev (the legendary impresario of the Paris-based Russian Ballet) on The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring
- Stravinsky and his family took refuge in Switzerland during the outbreak of war in 1914
- Performed throughout Europe showcasing his own music as pianist and conductor
· Stravinsky’s musical style evolved constantly throughout his career, from the post-Impressionism of The Firebird and the primitivism of The Rite of Spring to the controlled classicism of his matured style and to the serialism of his later works
- He decided to settle in California (outside of Los Angeles) when World War II broke out
· Stravinsky was one of the leaders in the revitalization of rhythm in European art music
Serge Diaghilev
- Stravinsky then became the world’s most celebrated figure of the 20th century music through his concert tours around the world during his later years
· Nationalism dominates his earlier works such as The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring ( The Rite of Spring is about the sacrificial rituals of ancient Russia)
· During the first world war, Stravinsky composed Soldier’s tale, which was more economic in style
Neoclassicism
Atonal: written without a tonal center or a key.
Dissonance: tension between musical notes due to the disharmonious elements
The Rite of Spring:
- Introduction
- Dance of the Youths and Maidens
- Game of Abduction
Please turn to pg 493 and follow the listening guide
Polytonality: using more than one key at once