Quartet for the End of Time
... the end of Time. • Messiaen’s description: First and last sections evoke the power of the angel • Middle section: blue-organge chords in piano, violin and piano like plainchant ...
... the end of Time. • Messiaen’s description: First and last sections evoke the power of the angel • Middle section: blue-organge chords in piano, violin and piano like plainchant ...
Composing with Numbers: Arnold Schoenberg and His Twelve
... Chapter 8: Composing with numbers: Sets, rows and magic squares by Jonathan Cross Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951, Austro-Hungarian), one of the most influential 20th century composers Pioneer in atonal music (no key, no tone, no “tonality”) “Tonality is not an eternal law of music, but simply a means ...
... Chapter 8: Composing with numbers: Sets, rows and magic squares by Jonathan Cross Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951, Austro-Hungarian), one of the most influential 20th century composers Pioneer in atonal music (no key, no tone, no “tonality”) “Tonality is not an eternal law of music, but simply a means ...
Mathematics and the Twelve-Tone System: Past
... the relations of sets of transformations and mathematical groups. This is because a Tmatrix is a group table or a part thereof. Babbitt’s important articles on serial music were to develop the compositional practices of Schoenberg and Webern into a system of combinatoriality or aggregate preservati ...
... the relations of sets of transformations and mathematical groups. This is because a Tmatrix is a group table or a part thereof. Babbitt’s important articles on serial music were to develop the compositional practices of Schoenberg and Webern into a system of combinatoriality or aggregate preservati ...
Modern Music, 1900-1950 By Michelle Miller
... everything, the notes nothing at all.” Every detail was meant to convey inner thoughts, emotions, and experiences. ...
... everything, the notes nothing at all.” Every detail was meant to convey inner thoughts, emotions, and experiences. ...
6-Many Streams Flowing
... its rules with “non‐harmonic tones” and chromaticism (little visits to keys other than the home key) to add interest. Classical composers like Beethoven felt they had to do even more, and they did. Romantic composers felt they had to do more, and they did…to the point that in the late‐Romantic ...
... its rules with “non‐harmonic tones” and chromaticism (little visits to keys other than the home key) to add interest. Classical composers like Beethoven felt they had to do even more, and they did. Romantic composers felt they had to do more, and they did…to the point that in the late‐Romantic ...
A PRACTICAL GLOSSARY for Twentieth
... row class — in twelve-tone composition, the family of all rows that are related by transposition, inversion, and/or retrograde. row form — a specific member of a row class. segmentation — generally, the way in which music is divided into smaller units. In twelve-tone music, this is sometimes underst ...
... row class — in twelve-tone composition, the family of all rows that are related by transposition, inversion, and/or retrograde. row form — a specific member of a row class. segmentation — generally, the way in which music is divided into smaller units. In twelve-tone music, this is sometimes underst ...
Paris: Another Approach
... Come up with a system to replace tonality. The French took this approach in late 19th century, with works of Liszt as model. Before Schoenberg ever thought of atonality, Debussy was breaking with the tonal system. Debussy’s approach included composing music using different kinds of scales than ...
... Come up with a system to replace tonality. The French took this approach in late 19th century, with works of Liszt as model. Before Schoenberg ever thought of atonality, Debussy was breaking with the tonal system. Debussy’s approach included composing music using different kinds of scales than ...
Music Theory Terms
... work’s tempo may also be indicated by a metronome marking, which indicates the number of a certain type of note per minute (e.g., quarter note = 120). Tempos are often modified with Italian adjectives, such as allegro con fuoco (fast, with fire), which can make them more unique. Movements from large ...
... work’s tempo may also be indicated by a metronome marking, which indicates the number of a certain type of note per minute (e.g., quarter note = 120). Tempos are often modified with Italian adjectives, such as allegro con fuoco (fast, with fire), which can make them more unique. Movements from large ...
A comparison of the approaches of Schoenberg, Berg
... post-romanticism to the more sparing world of atonality and twelve-tone writing. However, in contrast to the approach of Schoenberg, he took the principal elements of the style, the brevity and the focus on individual sounds, to their extremes. All of his works are short; his entire output, some th ...
... post-romanticism to the more sparing world of atonality and twelve-tone writing. However, in contrast to the approach of Schoenberg, he took the principal elements of the style, the brevity and the focus on individual sounds, to their extremes. All of his works are short; his entire output, some th ...
Music Theory IV Trythall NYU Theory IV vocabulary
... Collection: a term used interchangeably with “set”, but usually refers to sets of MORE than 5 elements Elements: the pitches or pcs in a set Cardinality: Number of pitches in collection (Number of elements): 2 elements: dyad 3 elements: trichord 4 elements: tetrachord 5 elements: pentachord 6 elemen ...
... Collection: a term used interchangeably with “set”, but usually refers to sets of MORE than 5 elements Elements: the pitches or pcs in a set Cardinality: Number of pitches in collection (Number of elements): 2 elements: dyad 3 elements: trichord 4 elements: tetrachord 5 elements: pentachord 6 elemen ...
Late Nineteenth-Century Developments after Beethoven
... Alban Berg (1885-1935) Anton Webern (1883-1945) Serialism A method of composition in which one or more musical elements is subject to ordering in a fixed series. Most commonly the elements so arranged are the 12 chromatic pitches ...
... Alban Berg (1885-1935) Anton Webern (1883-1945) Serialism A method of composition in which one or more musical elements is subject to ordering in a fixed series. Most commonly the elements so arranged are the 12 chromatic pitches ...
Contemporary Music
... and good taste Chief development started in Paris and Germany Led to looser and more extended musical forms(symphonic poem, nocturne, art song, opera, virtuoso performer, search for national identity) ...
... and good taste Chief development started in Paris and Germany Led to looser and more extended musical forms(symphonic poem, nocturne, art song, opera, virtuoso performer, search for national identity) ...
12-tone technique
... set. For example, a hexachord that contains all chromatic pitches from C to F would have a complement that contains all chromatic pitches from F# to B. Similarly, a set of 9 pitch classes would have a complement that contains the 3 pitch classes missing from the 9 pitch class set. • A 12-tone row, a ...
... set. For example, a hexachord that contains all chromatic pitches from C to F would have a complement that contains all chromatic pitches from F# to B. Similarly, a set of 9 pitch classes would have a complement that contains the 3 pitch classes missing from the 9 pitch class set. • A 12-tone row, a ...
Unit 8 Practice Test
... D) taken many new directions and changes 32) Milton Babbitt was the first composer to A) extend serial principles of organization to all musical dimensions B) combine live and electronic music C) use the electronic medium D) use computers in the composition of music 33) Chance music was pioneered by ...
... D) taken many new directions and changes 32) Milton Babbitt was the first composer to A) extend serial principles of organization to all musical dimensions B) combine live and electronic music C) use the electronic medium D) use computers in the composition of music 33) Chance music was pioneered by ...
Serial Music - Toot Hill School
... Transposed. The Prime Order would sound the same, but it would start on a different note ie. all notes would be moved up or down by the same interval / distance. Vertically. Notes of the tone row are played at the same time. Chords formed in this way are called chord clusters as the notes are often ...
... Transposed. The Prime Order would sound the same, but it would start on a different note ie. all notes would be moved up or down by the same interval / distance. Vertically. Notes of the tone row are played at the same time. Chords formed in this way are called chord clusters as the notes are often ...
M W T S
... RANGE – rather than playing the row notes in a random octave, decide exactly where each note should sound. ...
... RANGE – rather than playing the row notes in a random octave, decide exactly where each note should sound. ...
Chapter 30: Neoclassicism and Twelve
... 1. Webern differs from Berg and Schoenberg in his strict approach to serialism. 2. He was not a verbose composer: all of his works fit on three CDs. His work is sometimes described as pointillist. 3. Because he approached order and unity in a more thorough-going method, Webern’s works provided a mod ...
... 1. Webern differs from Berg and Schoenberg in his strict approach to serialism. 2. He was not a verbose composer: all of his works fit on three CDs. His work is sometimes described as pointillist. 3. Because he approached order and unity in a more thorough-going method, Webern’s works provided a mod ...
Twelve Tone Serialism - Mathematics and Computer Science
... written in the third possible version that is allowable; they consist of the original row inverted. Again, the starting pitch was altered. The fourth group of twelve notes was written in the last allowable mode, reversed and inverted. According to the matrix, there are forty four more possibilities, ...
... written in the third possible version that is allowable; they consist of the original row inverted. Again, the starting pitch was altered. The fourth group of twelve notes was written in the last allowable mode, reversed and inverted. According to the matrix, there are forty four more possibilities, ...
Beyond Tonality
... 1. Prime (P) is the basic form of the row 2. Inversion (I) is the row played upside down (inverted) 3. Retrograde (R) is the row played backward 4. Retrograde Inversion (RI) is the inverted form played ...
... 1. Prime (P) is the basic form of the row 2. Inversion (I) is the row played upside down (inverted) 3. Retrograde (R) is the row played backward 4. Retrograde Inversion (RI) is the inverted form played ...
20th Century Music
... electronically rather than by acoustic instruments. • Composers who wrote electronic music often used the technology to create new sounds unlike anything that could be played on an acoustic instrument. • Electronic music often sounds crude compared to the sophisticated electronic sounds we are used ...
... electronically rather than by acoustic instruments. • Composers who wrote electronic music often used the technology to create new sounds unlike anything that could be played on an acoustic instrument. • Electronic music often sounds crude compared to the sophisticated electronic sounds we are used ...
Schoenberg
... B. Second Viennese School = Schoenberg, Berg, Webern C. Serial Composition Basics 1. Serial composition based on a 12-note series (row, set) 2. Series or row contatains all 12 pitches used only once 3. Series = 12 pitches ordered in particular order 4. Four forms of the row: original {P}, retrograde ...
... B. Second Viennese School = Schoenberg, Berg, Webern C. Serial Composition Basics 1. Serial composition based on a 12-note series (row, set) 2. Series or row contatains all 12 pitches used only once 3. Series = 12 pitches ordered in particular order 4. Four forms of the row: original {P}, retrograde ...
On Serial Music
... saw around him and what he had come to accept as given facts. Psychoanalysis demonstrated how mankind is led by irrational and sexual behaviour; Special Relativity questioned our understanding of space and time; and Quantum Mechanics and the Uncertainty Principle were soon to undermine our common s ...
... saw around him and what he had come to accept as given facts. Psychoanalysis demonstrated how mankind is led by irrational and sexual behaviour; Special Relativity questioned our understanding of space and time; and Quantum Mechanics and the Uncertainty Principle were soon to undermine our common s ...
storage/MUS001-Quiz Three
... 15. Which of the following statements is not true? A. John Cage invented the prepared piano, a grand piano whose sound is altered by objects such as bolts, screws, rubber bands, pieces of felt, paper, and plastic inserted between the strings of some of the keys. B. During the 1920s and 1930s, Edgard ...
... 15. Which of the following statements is not true? A. John Cage invented the prepared piano, a grand piano whose sound is altered by objects such as bolts, screws, rubber bands, pieces of felt, paper, and plastic inserted between the strings of some of the keys. B. During the 1920s and 1930s, Edgard ...