The Beauty and Complexity of Minimalism Pine Trees by Hasegawa Tōhaku and a Shoki-Imari sake bottle Today’s modern world is often complex‚ colorful‚ noisy and fast-paced. When I am engaged in art‚ I frequently look for works that allow me to escape from my hectic lifestyle. Clean lines and use of space appeal to my senses and calm me. Sometimes‚ what is not stated says more than what is stated. I have learned from my study of Japanese art history this semester that simplicity seems to be
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which is the path of serialism. The other is “chance music”‚ which was created by John Cage and is based on the philosophy of I-Ching. Serialism and aleatorism are the mainstream genres of 20th century music. Serialism composers aimed to put notes‚ chords‚ harmonies‚ melodies‚ dynamics‚ texture‚ meter and so on‚ in tedious order and detailed organization. Meanwhile‚ aleatorism composers did not want to control every aspect of a performance
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Jenkins‚ Lauren IIA. In order to differentiate between program music‚ symphonic poem‚ concert overtures‚ grandiose‚ or miniature compositions‚ we first need to go over each one individually. Each type has its own unique characteristics. Program music is a term for instrumental music written in accordance with a poem‚ a story‚ or some other literary source (Kerman‚ Tomlinson‚ 233). Program music was not new in the Romantic era but it made music even more expressive because it
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MUS 100 FINAL STUDY GUIDE CHAPTER 17: - Fortepiano: early piano‚ named for its range of dynamic levels; it was smaller and less sonorous than the modern instrument. - Classical style: restrained‚ objective style of art. Classical refers to Western music characteristic of the period from 1750-1825. Composers: - Mozart: Invested much of his music with a degree of emotion expression unusual for his time. Never allowed emotion to dominate his art. - Haydn: Wrote pleasant‚ good-natured music throughout
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A Qualitative Study on Classical Music from the 20th Century to the Present OUTLINE I. Introduction II. Musical Characteristics III. Major Stylistic Developments IV. Chosen Composers of the Major Stylistic Developments V. Conclusion Classical Music from the 20th Century to the Present Music is part of our daily lives. Also‚ no one can deny the fact that music is a language and like language‚ it is subjected to evolution. Music from the 20th century to the
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opera needs a large amount of singing. 2. Always a live musicians performing‚ solo singers 3. Opera and musical are theatrical performance art 4. Opera and musical also need theatre stage work. EXAMPLE: Opera: Minimalism (Philip Glass and John Adams) atonality and serialism (Schoenberg and Berg) Neoclassicism (Stravinsky) Musical: The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber) Show Boat (Jerome Kern) Oklahoma! (Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II) I like musical more
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Cage is a prominent figure in 20th century music whose influence steadily grew during his lifetime. Michael Nyman argues that minimalism was a reaction to and made possible by both serialism and indeterminism (Nyman 1999‚ 139). (See also experimental music) MINIMALISM Many composers[weasel words] in the later twentieth century began to explore what is now called minimalism. Early examples include Terry Riley’s In C and Steve Reich’s Drumming. BRIEF
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| Minimalism – Essay 1 | ‘Rejecting Schoenberg was like siding with the Phillistines‚ and freeing myself from the model he represented was an act of enormous willpower’. Discuss this statement by John Adams with reference to the orchestral work ‘Harmonielehre’. Is this work a refreshing new departure or a return to tried and tested orchestral gestures? | | Melissa Ong | 12/1/2011 | By inventing the serial system of twelve tone music and atonalism‚ Schoenberg had created “the agony of
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music (aleatoric music) * Music composed by the random selection of pitches‚ tone color and rhythms‚ developed in the 1950s by John cage and others. * Microtone * Interval smaller than a half step. * Compare “indeterminism” and serialism” How are they opposite approaches to creating music? * What impact does electronic music in elite compositional culture have on approaches to popular music? * What is a theramin? Give examples of contemporary recordings of the instrument.
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of early 20th century arts music was the idea of serialism and the twelve-tone technique. Serialism was born from the twelve-tone technique used by Arnold Schoenberg. The twelve tone technique means that every single note in an octave is played‚ and the pitch cannot change until all the notes have been played. By reversing and inversing the notes of the octave‚ the desired sound is acquired. The idea of “musical anarchy” followed the idea of serialism‚ with Schoenberg being the father of that revolution
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