musical modernism & the crisis of tonality. i. wright’s textbook take: a.modernism: diversity...
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Charles Ives: Variations on America Charles Ives: Fourth of July Bela Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra (IV) Examples of Musical ModernismTRANSCRIPT
Musical Modernism &The Crisis of Tonality
I. Wright’s Textbook Take:
A. Modernism: Diversity and Radical Experimentation
Charles Ives: Variations on America
Charles Ives: Fourth of July
Bela Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra (IV)
Examples of Musical Modernism
II. Musical Modernism (general features: see pp. 333-339)
A. Melodies: frequent large leaps; angular
B. Harmony: much more dissonance
C. Rhythms: More complex, irregular
D. Tone color: extreme registers, often percussive, even ugly
III. CrisisA. Brave New World: Atonality
B. Retreat: Late Romanticism or Post-Romanticism
C. Alternative Lifestyle: New Scales
D. Anarchy: Ives and the American Experimental Tradition
E. Transformation: Polychords & Polytonality
Crisis= Collapse or Depletion of Tonality
Maurice Ravel, La valse