MUSIC & ACTION CONSTANT LAMBERT Prepared by: Kasey Clark & Jackeline Hernandez and Edited By: Laura Pratt and Dr. Kay Picart

FORMS OF ACTION  The Direct or Present Action represented in Rimsky- _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________  More prevalent in Balakireff’s Thamar is Recollected or Imaginary Action which portrays a- __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ ___  Strauss’s symphonic poem the “pathetic death scenes which end their work are definitely the last act of the play and represent the final word on the subject in hand” (205)

Music, Sequence & Time “It cannot be emphasized to strongly that although the composer is forced to adopt time as his medium he does not always approach time the same way. Sometimes his themes succeed each other in a dramatic sequence like the acts of a play, sometimes sequence and position in time is dictated by purely formal reasons” (205). How is Mozart’s symphony read as a whole? Mozart on the other hand, “conceived a symphony in its full form in one moment of time. It stands to reason, then, that the return of a theme in his works can have no narrative or dramatic significance. The recapitulation balances the exposition, much as a tree on one side of a picture might balance one on the other” (205).

Concert-Hall & the Theatre Two composers that divided their work equally between concert- hall and the theatre are _____ & ________. “While it would not be quite true to say that the essential style of their music changes when they write for the theater, it is certainly true that the physique of their music changes” (207) Example: Tchaikovsky –_____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ “We find no such melodic figuration in his symphonies, still less in any classic symphonies” (207). Example: Mozart –_____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________

Choreographer Choice of Music –“Tchaikovsky’s miming scenes are always admirable because he is content to establish only he general atmosphere of the scene, and does not try to emphasise imaginary words in operatic recitative style” (208). How do contemporary composers error when writing ballet music?

Test Your Skills: “How closely should the dance follow the music”? (208)

Trouble with Choreographic Interpretation “…the dancing is bound to emphasize the least important aspect of the music- its time- sequence” (205) Example: ______________________________________ __________ Although the final movement sounds soft in tone it is not a finale of triumphant resolution but just a “facet of experience only” (205).

Poetry & Music What is the most suitable kind of lyrics for music?

Work Cited Moulin Rouge. Dir. Baz Luhrmann. Perf. Nicole Kidman, and Ewan McGregor. Twentieth Century Fox, Roger Copeland and Marshall Cohen, eds. What Is Dance? Oxford University Press, "Scenes from the Moulin Rouge." No date. Online image. 6 February The Police. Roxanne. A&M Records, 1995.