music final

is a one movement orchestral composition with a program in a free musical form

composer of romeo and juliet

19th century movement promoting music built on national folk songs and dances or associated with national subjects

close group of 5 russian nationalist composers =the might five

pictures at an exhibition

devoted his major effect to traditional genres such as string quartets and other chamber music works, symphonies, and concertos. 

did not make any special effort to pioneer new harmonies or tone colors

melody used in symphony 1 was brother john "frere jacques"

from Austria and Jewish

divides the octave into 6 equal parts-- all of its intervals are whole steps, it yields a dreamy ambiguous sound that Debussy in particular prized and impressionism

the feeling of centrality of one note to a passage of music

no tonal center is directed

Composed by Debussy

first ballet- the firebird

audience starting fighting they could not handle it

Arnold Schoenburg

speech song

by schoenburg as a method of composing with the twelve tones solely in relation to one another

american 

nationalist composer

highly dissonant music

insurance company and church organist

neoclassictist

maurice ravel

outstanding nationalist composer of 20th century 

brought to life peasant folk music

Bela Bartok

the chief modernist influence on copland was Stravinsky

wrote for americans to uplift them during the great depression

AAron Copland

always in hot water with russian authorites because he would play music that was not praising russian and its rulers

music that uses similar melody and repeated harmony and rhythm

percussionst 

music for 18 musicians

lollapalooza-something real impressive

claimed to be worlds best living composer 

post minimalist

atomosphere

lux aeterna= eternal light

mid 19-20th century