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| 1882-1971; 3 works before WWI Firebird Suite, Petrushka, Rite of Spring (ballets); changes meter often; driving rhythms; not so much on melody; meticulous; architect (of sound); used coronets not trumpets |
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| artistic director of Ballet Russe; discovered Stravinsky with the Firebird Suite |
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| Ballet Russe dancer; Petrushka in its original production |
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| biggest differences between modern and other periods |
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| Stravinsky’s second famous ballet; four tableaux; puppets |
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| 1874-1951; Austrian; one of most important modern composers before WWI; began as Romantic, changed; 1st true atonal composer; expressionism; Erwartung; Pierrot Lunaire (used sprechstimme); experimental; 4 string quartets |
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| reaction to impressionism; “shriek of the soul”; portrayed inner emotions |
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| Schoenberg opera for one singer; means “expectations” |
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| Schoenberg song cycle; uses “sprechstimme” |
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| “speaking voice” (used by Schoenberg) |
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| 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello (violoncello) |
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| 1 person for each part; more for the performer than the listener |
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| range of a particular instrument |
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| note in bass held over other parts – always tonic or dominant |
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| Schoenberg’s String Quartet No. 2 |
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| last tonal piece, ends in F# major chord; some consider it atonal |
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