Month: April 2008
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(musTh 212) Assignment: Postmodern analysis
Due Monday, April 14th: Listen to the following four pieces, all of which are in a folder titled “PostmodernListening” in my iLocker account. Desi, by Michael Daugherty Bug-Mudra, by Tod Machover Forbidden Fruit, by John Zorn Chamber Symphony – Roadrunner movement, by John Adams For each piece, identify any postmodern elements that you can hear.…
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(musTh 212) Lecture Notes: Modernism and Postmodernism
For our purposes, Modernism and Postmodernism are best thought of as broad movements, rather than historical time periods. Some people refer to them as projects, ongoing efforts at achieving certain philosophical aims. Although we could spend a couple of semesters talking about nothing else but “what is…”, I’d like to offer up a list of…
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(musTh 212) Assignment – Definitions: Modernism, etc.
Due Wednesday, April 9: Do some brief research on the following terms: Modernism Postmodernism Collage Parody Pastiche You should have an idea of how these terms apply both specifically to music, and to art in general. You should also know how the terms relate to each other. For example, what is the relationship between Modernism…
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(musTh 212) Lecture Notes: "Import and Allusion"
Chapter 9 of the Kostka text covers “external” influences on 20th-century music. He divides external influences into three main sources: The Past (Neoclassicism, Neoromanticism, Quotation) The Present (Folk/Jazz/Pop) The Unfamiliar (Music from other cultures) Setting aside the idea of “the unfamiliar,” which is fairly loaded from a cultural studies perspective, I would prefer to talk…
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(musTh 212) Lecture Notes: Serialism after 1945 (in brief)
Some worthwhile things to remember from the discussion on Webern’s Op. 21 Symphonie, and some clues to helping you figure out Babbitt’s Semi-Simple Variations (useful for doing the homework). Webern serves as a model for many post-WWII composers, because his use of 12-tone serial composition points the way to using serialism as an organizing feature…