| Music’s evolving relationship with the audience… |
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-Music progressed and audiences felt different
-Music for itself began to not have place in populous and went to universities
-People started listening to Jazz and Pop music which led composers to incorporate styles of both into their compositions. |
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| American musical identity in the 20th century… |
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-Other countries began to develop their own style
-Americans started to cultivate an “American” style through ultramodernism where they would use new musical techniques with folk tunes, etc. |
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| The politicization of musical style… |
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-Countries still kept nationalism
-Germany and the Nazi’s musical taste.
–“Degenerate” music
-Russian Propaganda
–Alexander Nevsky, social realism. |
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| Music for society vs. music for itself |
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-Music for society tries to tell a story or get message to audience. Think of Britten.
–Pleasing for an audience
-Music for itself can tell a message, but has primary focus on it’s own sound and “being.” Think of Babbit.
–experimental music to further musical language. |
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| Jazz and popular influences on the classical composition |
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-Audiences began listening/liking Jazz&Pop.
-Composers began to incorporate elements of both into compositions.
–William Grant with 12 Bar and Spiritual
–Ives with Pop tunes “oh dem golden…” |
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| Use of folk music on composition… |
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Composers used folk music in compositions to give a voice to their nation.
-Stravinsky, Ives, Bartok
-Goes along the idea of nationalism |
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Rise of jazz can be attributed to the interest in pop music that began to take place in the early 20th century.
-African Americans playing music in chamber ensembles
-The blues, improv, jazz
-Recording technologies getting sound out to audiences |
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| Leftist politics in American music… |
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Why not appeal to the masses? Music for itself is great, but why act like there is not a musical audience?
-Writing for american audience
-Explore American folk music |
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| Music under totalitarianism… |
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There were limitations on the music you could write
-Positive towards social REALism and government
–use of melody, simple tonality, appropriate text |
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| Defining modernism and limitations on labels… |
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Problems with identity come with labels.
-Restricting, disagreements on terms
Better idea is that music is evolving.
-Although composers write in a style, it is rare that they do this for ALL of their compositions. |
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