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    The document discusses expressionism in music. Expressionism originated in visual and literary arts and was first applied to music in 1918 to describe Schoenberg's compositions. Key features of expressionist music include dissonance, extreme contrasts in dynamics and texture, and distorted melodies and harmonies. The document then provides biographical information about expressionist composers Arnold Schoenberg and Igor Stravinsky, and lists some of their major works.

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    EXPRESSIONISM

    MUSIC 10, LESSON 2 QUARTER 1


    EXPRESSIONISM
    THE TERM "EXPRESSIONISM" WAS ORIGINALLY USED IN VISUAL
    AND LITERARY ARTS. IT WAS PROBABLY FIRST APPLIED TO MUSIC
    IN 1918, ESPECIALLY TO SCHOENBERG BECAUSE, LIKETHE PAINTER
    WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866–1944), HE VEERED AWAY FROM
    "TRADITIONAL FORMSOF BEAUTY" TO CONVEY POWERFUL FEELINGS
    IN HIS MUSIC. FEATURES OF EXPRESSIONISM MUSIC
    ARE AS FOLLOWS:
    •A HIGH DEGREE OF DISSONANCE (DISSONANCE IS THE
    QUALITY OF SOUNDS THAT SEEMS UNSTABLE)
    •EXTREME CONTRASTS OF DYNAMICS (FROM PIANISSIMO
    TO FORTISSIMO, VERY SOFT TO VERY LOUD)
    •CONSTANT CHANGING OF TEXTURES
    •DISTORTED" MELODIES AND HARMONIES
    •ANGULAR MELODIES WITH WIDE LEAPS
    ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (1874–1951)
    • ARNOLD SCHOENBERG WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1874 IN A WORKING-CLASS
    SUBURB OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA. HE TAUGHT HIMSELF MUSIC THEORY BUT TOOK
    LESSONS IN COUNTERPOINT. HIS WORKS WERE GREATLY INFLUENCED BY THE
    GERMAN COMPOSER RICHARD WAGNER AS EVIDENT IN HIS SYMPHONIC POEM
    PELLEAS ET MELISANDE, OP. 5 (1903), A COUNTERPOINT OF DEBUSSY'S OPERA OF THE
    SAME TITLE.
    • SCHOENBERG DIED ON JULY 13, 1951 IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, THE USA, WHERE
    HE HAD SETTLED SINCE 1934.
    HIS WORKS INCLUDE THE
    FOLLOWING
    •VERKLARTE NACHT
    •THREE PIECES FOR PIANO, OP. 11
    •PIERROT LUNAIRE
    •VIOLIN CONCERTO
    •SKANDALKONZERT, A CONCERT OF THE WIENER
    KONZERTVEREIN
    PLEASE LISTEN TO PIERROT LUNAIRE ONE OF THE WORKS OF
    ARNORLD SCHOENBERG

    •HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=BD2CBUJMDR8
    IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882–1971)
    •STRAVINSKY WAS BORN IN LOMONOSOV, RUSSIA ON JUNE 17, 1882. IN HIS
    EARLY MUSIC, HE REFLECTED THE INFLUENCE OF HIS TEACHER, THE RUSSIAN
    COMPOSER NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV. BUT IN HIS FIRST NOTABLE
    COMPOSITION, "THE FIREBIRD SUITE (1910)," HIS SKILLFUL HANDLING OF
    MATERIAL AND RHYTHMIC INVENTIVENESS WENT BEYOND ANYTHING WRITTEN
    BY HIS RUSSIAN PREDECESSORS. HIS MUSICAL STYLE ADDED A NEW FLAVOR TO
    HIS NATIONALISTIC MUSICAL STYLE. THE RITE OF SPRING (1913) WAS ANOTHER
    SUPERB WORK SHOWCASING HIS NEW TECHNIQUE.
    ACCLAIMED WORKS BY STRAVINSKY INCLUDES:

    •BALLET PETROUCHKA (1911


    •THE NIGHTINGALE (1914)
    •THREE TALES FOR CHILDREN (1917)
    •PULCINELLA (1920)
    •DUO CONCERTANT (1932)
    •THE RAKE'S PROGRESS (1951)
    •STRAVINSKY WROTE APPROXIMATELY 127 WORKS,
    INCLUDING CONCERTI, ORCHESTRAL MUSIC,
    INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC, OPERAS, BALLETS, SOLO
    VOCAL, AND CHORAL MUSIC. CONCERTI OR
    CONCERTO IS A MUSICAL COMPOSITION FOR A
    SOLO INSTRUMENT OR INSTRUMENTS
    ACCOMPANIED BY AN ORCHESTRA, ESPECIALLY ONE
    CONCEIVED ON A RELATIVELY LARGE SCALE. HE DIED
    IGOR STRAVINSKY
    IN NEW YORK CITY ON APRIL 6, 1971.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlRp2Ufbvbo
    1. DIFFERENTIATE IMPRESSIONISM MUSIC FROM
    EXPRESSIONISM MUSIC.
    2. IF YOU WERE GIVEN A CHANCE TO MAKE YOUR OWN
    COMPOSITION WHAT STYLE WOULD IT BE? AND
    WHY?

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