Powerpoint.expressionism
- 1. Expressionism Key Terms • Expressionism • Vasili Kandinsky • Emancipation of dissonance • Klangfarbenmelodie (tone-color melody) • Atonal music • Harmonics • Melodrama • Sprechgesang • Basso ostinato • Twelve-tone composition
- 2. Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Style Periodization 1) EARLY (to 1905) • Romantic style – Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (1899) 2) MIDDLE (1905-17) • Atonal/Pantonal works, emancipation of dissonance • Expressionism • Piano Pieces, Op. 11 (1909), Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21 (1912) 3) FALLOW (1917-23) • Abandon works based solely on unconscious, toward a new compositional system based on the total chromatic, crafted by motivic transformation and forms • Society for Private Musical Performances (est. 1918) – Frequent repetition of works in different concerts – Introductory discussions to works performed – Removal of corrupting influences of publicity – Guests prohibited, except for visitors from abroad – Reviews or advertisements of works & artists prohibited – Judgment discouraged – Performers selected on interest in the society, not mere virtuosity 4) MATURE (1923-51) • 12-tone technique • 1930s emigrates to California
- 3. Vassili Kandinsky (1866-1944), Impression III (Concert), 1911
- 4. Piano Pieces, Op.11 (1909) No. 1
- 5. Right: Pierrot by Pablo Pierrot lunaire (1912) Picasso, 1918 Melodrama Instrumentation Piano Flute (+ piccolo) Clarinet (+ bass clarinet) Violin (+ viola) Below: Commedia Cello dell’arte characters Voice (Sprechgesang)
- 6. PART I: The Departure PART II: Adventures No. 8 “Nacht” No. 9 “Gebet an Pierrot” PART III: Homecoming No. 18 “Der Mondfleck”
- 7. No. 9 “Gebet an Pierrot” No. 18 “Der Mondfleck”
- 8. No. 8 Nacht (Passacaglia), 1912, page 1