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Neoclassicism and 12-Tone Music
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Neoclassicism Igor Stravinsky, Octet (1923) “Objectivity” Adoption of a preromantic stance Classicism of Haydn and Mozart Influence of Baroque music Influence of jazz and popular music
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Stravinsky’s Neoclassical Path Histoire du soldat (1918) – theatrical piece – seven players and narrator – influence of jazz and popular music Pulcinella (1920) – ballet score – based on eighteenth-century melodies
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The Music of Stravinsky’s Octet [Anthology 3-24] – 1. Sinfonia sonata form octatonic melodies – 2. Tema con variazioni – 3. Finale walking bass contrapuntal reference to Bach
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Some Ideas About the Octet “Some Ideas about My Octuor” – “My Octuor is not an ‘emotive’ work” – “I admit the commercial exploitation of a musical composition” – “This sort of music has no other aim than to be sufficient in itself”
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Stravinsky and Neoclassicism Symphony of Psalms (1930) Symphony in C (1938–40) Symphony in Three Movements (1945) Violin Concerto (1931) The Rake’s Progress (1951)
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The Ivory Tower Society for Private Musical Performance – 117 concerts between 1918 and 1921 – compositions by German modernists and works by Debussy, Bartók, Stravinsky, and others
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In Search of Utopia: Schoenberg and Twelve-Tone Technique “Aggregate compositions” Theories of Josef Mattias Hauer (1883–1959) – Nomos Means by which they could create extended instrumental works
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Giving Music New Rules Tonreihe “tone row” – ordering of all 12 pitches from which motivic and harmonic content will be derived – row may be transposed, in inversion, retrograde, or retrograde inversion – rows subdivided into segments Serialism “Twelve-tone technique”; “dodecaphony”
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Giving Music New Rules Suite for Piano, Op. 25 [Anthology 3-25] – Präludium – Gavotte and Musette – Intermezzo – Menuett – Gigue
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Back Again to Bach BACH (B ♭ ACB) inserted into Op. 25 tone row Schoenberg, “National Music” (1931) Contrapuntal art Variations for Orchestra (1931) – BACH allusions
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Berg’s Twelve-Tone Romanticism Alban Berg (1885–1935) Studies with Schoenberg Influence of Mahler Wozzeck (1922)
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Berg’s Twelve-Tone Romanticism Chamber Concerto for violin, piano, and a wind ensemble of thirteen instruments (1925) – ArnolD SCHönBErG = A – D – E ♭ - C – B – B ♭ – E – G – Anton wEBErn = A – E – B ♭ – E – AlBAn BErG = A – B ♭ – A – B ♭ – E – G
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Berg’s Twelve-Tone Romanticism Lyric Suite for string quartet (1926) [Anthology 3- 26] – symmetrical “all-interval” row – Hanna Fuchs-Robettin/ Alban Berg (HF/AB = BF/AB ♭ ) – numerous extramusical references
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Epitome: Anton Webern Anton Webern (1883–1945) Symphony, Op. 21 (1928) [Anthology 3-27] – A-F#-G-A ♭ -E-F B-B ♭ -D-C#-C-E ♭ intervallic palindrome
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