March 12 Schoenberg, Stravinsky

Schoenberg
- atonal musuic
- Prelude
o Shoenbergs first 12 tone pieces
o Rather straight forward in prelude
o 12 tone system, gives formal corherenceto a composition
take 12 tones, create row and all 12 notes which will
give us our row prime
row can be backwards - retrograde
row can can be inverted
row can be retrograde inversion
o he liked to put cyphers in pieces Bb A C B
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
- background
o pieces are very short
- when overlook history there are composers that composed in
similar styles (Bach, Webern)
- highly complex composing
- kalangfarbenmelodien
o orchestration very interesting. notates things one note
violin 2 notes clarinet, 1 note trumpet, 8 9 10, violin, etc.
o orchestration and compositional techniques are wonderfull
- R; symphony op. 21 (12 tone)
o Things are spread out
o Built on tetrachord system (grouping of chords by 4)
o Really disjuct melodies
o Moments that look like cannons
- R: 2nd movement of Symphony 21
o Intriguing music, quite great compositional complex
Igor Stravinsky
- background
o 1882-1971
o opening of Rite most notorious night of music history
- R; symphony of psalms
o Tonality through repetition of assertiong
o Neotoanl
o Pitch of e
o Recurring patterns
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