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By: Wendi Asper Prior to the War… Before the start of the war, composers had followed the flow from romanticism, meaning their music had flowing rhythms and free phrases. Romantic composers included Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Schumann This style of music is considered “Impressionist” music An example of this type of music is Claude Debussy’s Claire De Lune! Impressionist Music Impressionist music is characterized by exotic scales (whole tone, archaic church modes), unresolved and ambiguous dissonances, parallel chords, softer sounds; smaller, non-traditional forms. CLAIR DE LUNE… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcpamvLB2JU During WWI By 1905, WWI was on the verge on encompassing all of Europe due to the alliance system they had going at that time. The music style of this time was called “Expressionist” music which is where the composers rejected the standard tonality and style and totally changed the way people viewed music. Expressionism Arnold Schoenberg was the composer who created “atonal” music. The 12 notes in a musical octave were each picked at random and from that form he would create a melody and turn it in to a composition. Total anarchy of notes results in a chaotic sound with no traditional organization, melody or harmony It sounds like a child at a piano, playing random notes! Neo-Classicism Otherwise known as “primitivism” was considered the anti-romantic style which aimed for realism rather than idealism and form over emotional content. Often times, this type of music sounds primitive and dissonant. The Composer of this style is Igor Stravinsky. Igor Stravinsky Stravinsky was born in Russia near St. Petersburg and studied at the St. Petersburg conservatory with famed Russian composer Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Early in his career, he was commissioned to compose three ballets for the Ballet Russe. Other that “Rite of Spring” the other well known ballet composed by Stravinsky was “Partushka” which was considered a comedy and was written BEFORE Rite of Spring. This change in the ballets that he wrote, goes to show what type of conflicts were approaching Russia during this time Rite Of Spring http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=- gZbMOq_Ge8&feature=related